The other lands of Israel : imaginations of the land in 2 Baruch / / by Liv Ingeborg Lied.

• Superior document: Supplements to the Journal for the study of Judaism, v. 129
• Author: Lied, Liv Ingeborg.
• Year of Publication: 2008
• Language: English
• Series: Supplements to the Journal for the study of Judaism ; v. 129.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (396 p.)
• Notes: Description based upon print version of record.
• Other title: Preliminary Materials /; Chapter One. 2Baruch And The Land /; Chapter Two. Questioning Survival: The Land In The Context Of Destruction /; Chapter Three. The Lands Of The Righteous Kings /; Chapter Four. The City Of The Pillar And The Wall: Landscapes Of The End-Time /; Chapter Five. ‘Here With Me’: The Last Days Of Baruch /; Chapter Six. The Messianic Land: Transforming The Remnant And The World /; Chapter Seven. From Egypt To Life: The Heavenly, Paradisiacal, Land /; Conclusion The Other Lands Of Israel /; Bibliography /; Index Of References /
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references (p. [319]-340) and index.
• ISBN: 1282398180; 9786612398186; 9047442989
• ISSN: 1384-2161
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: by Liv Ingeborg Lied.

According to the current scholarly consensus, the apocalypse of 2 Baruch, written after the Fall of Jerusalem, either rejected the concept of the Land of Israel as a place of salvation or regarded it as of minor importance. Inspired by the perspective of Critical Spatial Theory, this book discusses the presuppositions behind this consensus with regard to the spatial epistemology it assumes, and explores the conception of the Land as a broad redemptive category. The result is a fresh portrait of the vitality of the Land-theme in the first centuries of the common era and a new perspective on the spatial imagination of 2 Baruch.