In this volume, scholars of Judaism, Christianity, and late antique religion demonstrate how special attention to the ritual and rhetorical functions of space can improve modern interpretations of ancient literary, liturgical, and ritual texts. Each chapter is concerned with reconstructing the dynamic interaction between space and text. Demonstrating the pliability of the idea of space, the contributions in this volume span from Second Temple debates over Eden to Byzantine Christian hymnography. In so doing, they offer a number of answers to the seemingly simple question: What difference does space make for how modern scholars interpret ancient texts? The nine contributions in this volume are divided into the three interrelated topics of the rhetorical construction of places both earthly and cosmic, the positioning of people in religious space, and the performance of ritual texts in place.
| ISBN: | 9783161563768 |
| Publication date: | 10th January 2019 |
| Author: | Mika Ahuvia |
| Publisher: | JCB Mohr (Paul Siebeck) |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Pagination: | 273 pages |
| Series: | Texts and Studies in Ancient Judaism |
| Genres: |
Literary studies: ancient, classical and medieval Literary studies: ancient, classical and medieval Ancient history Religion: general Comparative religion Interfaith relations Judaism Ancient Greek religion and mythology Roman religion and mythology Theology |