Historiography And Identity Re Formulation In Second Temple Historiographical Literature

Author : Louis Jonker
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2011-05-11
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780567111371

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Historiography and Identity (Re)formulation in Second Temple Historiographical Literature by Louis Jonker Pdf

It is commonly accepted in various disciplines and contexts that history writing often (if not always!) contribute to the process of identity (re)formation. Using the past in order to find a renewed identity in new (socio-political and socio-religious) circumstances, is something that we also witness in Hebrew Bible historiographies. The so-called Deuteronomistic History, as well as the works of Chronicles and Ezra-Nehemiah, are often read from the perspective of a community trying to find a new identity in changed circumstances. In the Historical Books section at the 2008 Auckland SBL International Meeting, this perspective was investigated further. The papers presented included theoretical reflections on the relationship between historiography and identity (re)formation, as well as illustrations from Hebrew Bible historiographies (of the Exilic and Second Temple periods). These papers, together with a few responses to the papers, are offered here to a wider scholarly audience. Contributors include Jon Berquist, Mark Brett, Louis Jonker, Mark Leuchter, Christine Mitchell, Klaas Spronk, Gerrie Snyman, Ray Person, Armin Siedlecki, and Jacob Wright.

Author : Mika S. Pajunen,Jeremy Penner
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Page : 516 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2017-07-24
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9783110449266

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Functions of Psalms and Prayers in the Late Second Temple Period by Mika S. Pajunen,Jeremy Penner Pdf

When thinking about psalms and prayers in the Second Temple period, the Masoretic Psalter and its reception is often given priority because of modern academic or theological interests. This emphasis tends to skew our understanding of the corpus we call psalms and prayers and often dampens or mutes the lived context within which these texts were composed and used. This volume is comprised of a collection of articles that explore the diverse settings in which psalms and prayers were used and circulated in the late Second Temple period. The book includes essays by experts in the Hebrew bible, the Dead Sea scrolls, Apocrypha and Pseudepigrapha, and the New Testament, in which a wide variety of topics, approaches, and methods both old and new are utilized to explore the many functions of psalms and prayers in the late Second Temple period. Included in this volume are essays examining how psalms were read as prophecy, as history, as liturgy, and as literature. A variety methodologies are employed, and include the use of cognitive sciences and poetics, linguistic theory, psychology, redaction criticism, and literary theory.

Author : Ehud Ben Zvi,Christoph Levin
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Page : 501 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2014-10-14
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9783110349665

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Thinking of Water in the Early Second Temple Period by Ehud Ben Zvi,Christoph Levin Pdf

Water is a vital resource and is widely acknowledged as such. Thus it often serves as an ideological and linguistic symbol that stands for and evokes concepts central within a community. This volume explores ‘thinking of water’ and concepts expressed through references to water within the symbolic system of the late Persian/early Hellenistic period and as it does so it sheds light on the social mindscape of the early Second Temple community.

Author : Paul S. Evans,Tyler F. Williams
Publisher : Penn State Press
Page : 337 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2013-12-02
Category : History
ISBN : 9781575068725

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Chronicling the Chronicler by Paul S. Evans,Tyler F. Williams Pdf

The thirteen essays in this volume are largely revised papers which were originally presented as part of the Ancient Historiography Seminar of the Canadian Society of Biblical Studies and they investigate particular texts of Chronicles, examine central themes, and consider future prospects for Chronicles study. The volume includes chapters by Shannon E. Baines, Ehud Ben Zvi, Mark J. Boda, Keith Bodner, Paul S. Evans, Louis Jonker, Gary N. Knoppers, Christine Mitchell, Peter J. Sabo, Steven J. Schweitzer, and John W. Wright. The essays represent many different perspectives, methodologies, and conclusions regarding the Chronicler’s work and this volume will be of particular interest to scholars and students of Chronicles, ancient Israelite historiography and biblical literature in general.

Author : Louis C. Jonker
Publisher : Mohr Siebeck
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2016-05-17
Category : Religion
ISBN : 3161545958

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Defining All-Israel in Chronicles by Louis C. Jonker Pdf

In this book, Louis C. Jonker considers more sophisticated and nuanced models for applying the heuristic lens of "identity" in the interpretation of the Hebrew Bible book of Chronicles. Not only does he investigate the potential and limitations of different sociological models for this purpose, but the author also provides a more nuanced analysis of the socio-historical context of origin of late Persian-period biblical literature by distinguishing between four levels of socio-historic existence in this period. It is shown that varying power relations were in operation on these different levels which contributed to a multi-levelled process of identity negotiation. Louis C. Jonker shows the value of the chosen methodological approach in his analysis of Chronicles, but also suggests that it holds potential for the investigation of other Hebrew Bible corpora.

Author : Raymond F. Person,Raymond F. Person (Jr.)
Publisher : Society of Biblical Lit
Page : 219 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781589835177

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The Deuteronomic History and the Book of Chronicles by Raymond F. Person,Raymond F. Person (Jr.) Pdf

This volume reexamines and reconstructs the relationship between the Deuteronomistic History and the book of Chronicles, building on recent developments such as the Persian -period dating of the Deuteronomistic History, the contribution of oral traditional studies to understanding the production of biblical texts, and the reassessment of Standard Biblical Hebrew and Late Biblical Hebrew. These new perspectives challenge widely held understandings of the relationship between the two scribal works and strongly suggest that they were competing historiographies during the Persian period that nevertheless descended from a common source. This new reconstruction leads to new readings of the literature.

Author : Ehud Ben Zvi
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Page : 772 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2019-07-22
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9783110547146

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Social Memory among the Literati of Yehud by Ehud Ben Zvi Pdf

Ehud Ben Zvi has been at the forefront of exploring how the study of social memory contributes to our understanding of the intellectual worldof the literati of the early Second Temple period and their textual repertoire. Many of his studies on the matter and several new relevant works are here collected together providing a very useful resource for furthering research and teaching in this area. The essays included here address, inter alia, prophets as sites of memory, kings as sites memory, Jerusalem as a site of memory, a mnemonic system shaped by two interacting ‘national’ histories, matters of identity and othering as framed and explored via memories, mnemonic metanarratives making sense of the past and serving various didactic purposes and their problems, memories of past and futures events shared by the literati, issues of gender constructions and memory, memories understood by the group as ‘counterfactual’ and their importance, and, in multiple ways, how and why shared memories served as a (safe) playground for exploring multiple, central ideological issues within the group and of generative grammars governing systemic preferences and dis-preferences for particular memories.

Author : Susanne Gillmayr-Bucher,Maria Häusl
Publisher : SBL Press
Page : 258 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2019-08-09
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780884143673

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Prayers and the Construction of Israelite Identity by Susanne Gillmayr-Bucher,Maria Häusl Pdf

Substantial insights into various identity discourses reflected in the biblical prayers This collection of essays from an international group of scholars focuses on how biblical prayers of the Persian and early Hellenistic periods shaped identity, evoked a sense of belonging to specific groups, and added emotional significance to this affiliation. Contributors draw examples from different biblical texts, including Genesis, Samuel, Kings, Chronicles, Ezra and Nehemiah, Psalms, Jonah, and Daniel. Features Thorough study of prayers that play a key role for a biblical book’s (re)construction of the people’s history and identity An examination of ways biblical figures are remodeled by their prayers by introducing other, sometimes even contradictory, discourses on identity An exploration of different ways in which psalms from postexilic times shaped, reflected, and modified identity discourses

Author : Hemchand Gossai
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 344 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2018-11-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780567680969

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Postcolonial Commentary and the Old Testament by Hemchand Gossai Pdf

This is the first volume to provide a wide range of postcolonial interpretations of and commentaries upon significant texts in the Hebrew Bible. The volume intersects with the work of the key theorists in postcolonial studies such as Fanon, Senghor, Said and Spivak as well as with scholars such as Sugirtharajah, Kwok Pui-lan, and Segovia who have applied this theory to biblical studies. Texts have been chosen specifically for their relevance to postcolonial discourse, rather than seeking to cover each biblical document. This volume is designed to demonstrate how historical criticism, postmodernism, and the important concerns of postcolonial readings may be integrated to obtain an informed explanation of the Hebrew Bible and the writings of early Judaism. The chapters are written by scholars who represent a spectrum of national, indigenous, and diasporic contexts. Taken together these perspectives and the interpretations they yield represent a continued expansion of the manner in which Old Testament texts are read and interpreted through postcolonial lenses, reminding readers that the interpretive trajectories of these texts are almost inexhaustible. As such the volume serves as not only an addition to ongoing scholarship on postcolonialism but also as an expansion of the horizon for dialogue.

Author : Christl M. Maier
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 477 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2014-11-10
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9789004281226

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Congress Volume Munich 2013 by Christl M. Maier Pdf

This volume presents the main lectures of the 21st Congress of the International Organization for the Study of the Old Testament (IOSOT) held in Munich, Germany, in August 2013. Seventeen essays of internationally distinguished scholars offer a representative view of recent developments in the study of the Hebrew Bible.

Author : Benjamin D. Giffone
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2016-10-20
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780567667328

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'Sit At My Right Hand' by Benjamin D. Giffone Pdf

Benjamin is portrayed in Chronicles differently from how he is portrayed in the Deuteronomic History. In the latter, Benjamin's relation to Judah is shown as varied and complex, incorporating both highs and lows. The Chronicler, by contrast, smooths over these difficulties by emphasizing the historically close relationship between the two tribes. Benjamin D. Giffone sees in this evidence that the Judah-Benjamin relationship reflects the socio-political situation of late Persian Yehud, in which the relatively poor Jerusalem cult struggled to maintain material support from landed nobility in the region. Material evidence shows that the historically Benjaminite regions prospered during the Neo-Babylonian and early Persian periods. The Jerusalem cult competed with cultic locations known for their alliances with either Benjamin or Joseph for the support of wealthier landowners. It is within the context of this struggle for support that the Chronicler rewrote Israel's narrative - partly to garner Benjaminite support. Giffone synthesizes observations that are literary and historical to reveal a literary phenomenon - the differing portraits of Benjamin - and situate this within the historical context of Persian Yehud. In so doing, Giffone offers a new understanding of Yehud during this period, and elaborates an important motif in these two sections of the Hebrew Bible.

Author : Suk-Il Ahn
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Page : 334 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2018-02-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781532604928

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The Persuasive Portrayal of David and Solomon in Chronicles by Suk-Il Ahn Pdf

This study examines the speeches and prayers in the David-Solomon narrative in Chronicles and seeks to demonstrate that the Chronicler’s portrayal of David and Solomon attempts to establish the Yehudite community’s identity. Is the covenantal relationship still valid in the Persian period? The author asserts that as a commitment to YHWH involving the worship of YHWH through the Jerusalem temple, the covenantal relationship between YHWH and Israel continues even into the Persian period. This study employs Kennedy’s rhetorical method with the new categories of the narrative situation and the Chronicler’s situation being used to further delineate his concept of the narrative situation. The Chronicler’s portrayal of David and Solomon through speeches and prayers serves to persuade his audience of the significance of the Jerusalem temple, reformulating the Yehudite community identity as a cultic community in the Persian period.

Author : Benjamin D. Giffone
Publisher : Mohr Siebeck
Page : 287 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2023-07-21
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9783161562389

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Storymaking, Textual Development, and Varying Cultic Centralizations by Benjamin D. Giffone Pdf

Author : Kevin Burrell
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 403 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2020-01-13
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9789004418769

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Cushites in the Hebrew Bible by Kevin Burrell Pdf

In Cushites in the Hebrew Bible Kevin Burrell examines theological, historical, and social aspects of identity construction in order to clarify the ways in which biblical authors understood and represented ancient Cushites—a largely “African” people in the biblical world.

Author : Linda M. Stargel
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Page : 226 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2018-05-22
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781532640988

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The Construction of Exodus Identity in Ancient Israel by Linda M. Stargel Pdf

Collective identity creates a sense of “us-ness” in people. It may be fleeting and situational or long-lasting and deeply ingrained. Competition, shared belief, tragedy, or a myriad of other factors may contribute to the formation of such group identity. Even people detached from one another by space, anonymity, or time, may find themselves in a context in which individual self-concept is replaced by a collective one. How is collective identity, particularly the long-lasting kind, created and maintained? Many literary and biblical studies have demonstrated that shared stories often lie at the heart of it. This book examines the most repeated story of the Hebrew Bible—the exodus story—to see how it may have functioned to construct and reinforce an enduring collective identity in ancient Israel. A tool based on the principles of the social identity approach is created and used to expose identity construction at a rhetorical level. The author shows that exodus stories are characterized by recognizable language and narrative structures that invite ongoing collective identification.