Remembering Biblical Figures in the Late Persian and Early Hellenistic Periods :
Remembering Biblical Figures in the Late Persian and Early Hellenistic Periods : Social Memory and Imagination /
Edited by Diana V. Edelman and Ehud Ben Zvi.
- First edition.
- Oxford, United Kingdom : Oxford University Press; 2013.
- xxiv, 516 pages ; 24 cm
Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Remembering ancestors and founders. The memory of Abraham in late Persian/early Hellenistic Yehud/Judah / Remembering Jacob in the late Persian early Hellenistic era / Moses, the royal lawgiver / Exploring the memory of Aaron in late Persian/early Hellenistic period Yehud / Remembering Joshua / Ehud Ben Zvi -- Raik Heckl -- Thomas C. Römer -- Philippe Guillaume -- E. Axel Knauf -- Part I. Remembering kings (Israelite and foreigners). Saul, hero and villain / David in Israelite social memory / Solomon as cultural memory / Between realpolitiker and hero of faith: memories of Hezekiah in biblical traditions and beyond / The memory of Sennacherib in late Persian Yehud / Rehabilitating Manasseh: remembering King Manasseh in the Persian and Hellenistic periods / Remembering Josiah / Nebuchadnezzar: history, memory, and myth-making in the Persian period / New you see him, now you don't: Nabonidus in Jewish memory / Remembering Cyrus the Persian: exploring monarchy and freedom in classical Greece / Philip R. Davies -- Diana V. Edelman -- Niels Peter Lemche -- Bob Becking -- Russell Hobson -- Lowell K. Handy -- Joseph Blenkinsopp -- Jonathan Stökl -- Carol A. Newsom -- Lynette Mitchell -- Part II. Remembering female characters. Tamar, from victim to mother of a dynasty / Ruth: the art of memorizing past enemies, ambiguously / Why remember Jezebel? / Yairah Amit -- Athalya Brenner -- Carey Walsh -- Part III. Remembering prophets. Exploring the memory of Moses 'the prophet' in late Persian/early Hellenistic Yehud/Judah / Isaiah, a memorable prophet: why was Isaiah so memorable in the late Persian/early Hellenistic periods? : some observations / Remembering Jeremiah in the Persian period / The memory of Ezekiel in postmonarchic Yehud / Ehud Ben Zvi -- Ehud Ben Zvi -- Mark Leuchter -- Christophe Nihan -- Part IV. Additional and complementary methodological considerations. Reflections on a cognitive theory of culture and a theory of formalized language for late biblical studies / David H. Aaron. Part V.
9780199664160 (hbk.) 0199664161 (hbk.)
2012277946
GBB342685 bnb
016327888 Uk
Bible.--Old Testament--Biography.
Bible.--Old Testament--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Jewish.
Collective memory--Judaea (Region)
Collective memory--Yehud (Persian province)
BS1186 / .R45 2013
B66.1 / ED274
Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Remembering ancestors and founders. The memory of Abraham in late Persian/early Hellenistic Yehud/Judah / Remembering Jacob in the late Persian early Hellenistic era / Moses, the royal lawgiver / Exploring the memory of Aaron in late Persian/early Hellenistic period Yehud / Remembering Joshua / Ehud Ben Zvi -- Raik Heckl -- Thomas C. Römer -- Philippe Guillaume -- E. Axel Knauf -- Part I. Remembering kings (Israelite and foreigners). Saul, hero and villain / David in Israelite social memory / Solomon as cultural memory / Between realpolitiker and hero of faith: memories of Hezekiah in biblical traditions and beyond / The memory of Sennacherib in late Persian Yehud / Rehabilitating Manasseh: remembering King Manasseh in the Persian and Hellenistic periods / Remembering Josiah / Nebuchadnezzar: history, memory, and myth-making in the Persian period / New you see him, now you don't: Nabonidus in Jewish memory / Remembering Cyrus the Persian: exploring monarchy and freedom in classical Greece / Philip R. Davies -- Diana V. Edelman -- Niels Peter Lemche -- Bob Becking -- Russell Hobson -- Lowell K. Handy -- Joseph Blenkinsopp -- Jonathan Stökl -- Carol A. Newsom -- Lynette Mitchell -- Part II. Remembering female characters. Tamar, from victim to mother of a dynasty / Ruth: the art of memorizing past enemies, ambiguously / Why remember Jezebel? / Yairah Amit -- Athalya Brenner -- Carey Walsh -- Part III. Remembering prophets. Exploring the memory of Moses 'the prophet' in late Persian/early Hellenistic Yehud/Judah / Isaiah, a memorable prophet: why was Isaiah so memorable in the late Persian/early Hellenistic periods? : some observations / Remembering Jeremiah in the Persian period / The memory of Ezekiel in postmonarchic Yehud / Ehud Ben Zvi -- Ehud Ben Zvi -- Mark Leuchter -- Christophe Nihan -- Part IV. Additional and complementary methodological considerations. Reflections on a cognitive theory of culture and a theory of formalized language for late biblical studies / David H. Aaron. Part V.
9780199664160 (hbk.) 0199664161 (hbk.)
2012277946
GBB342685 bnb
016327888 Uk
Bible.--Old Testament--Biography.
Bible.--Old Testament--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Jewish.
Collective memory--Judaea (Region)
Collective memory--Yehud (Persian province)
BS1186 / .R45 2013
B66.1 / ED274