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ISBN(s): 9781575060545, 157506054X
Edition: Hardcover
File Details: PDF, 11.98 MB
Year: 2002
Language: english
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ISBN 10: 157506054X
ISBN 13: 9781575060545
Author: Barry M. Gittlen
Sacred Time, Sacred Place is a scholarly volume that explores the intersection of archaeology, textual studies, and religious practices in ancient Israel. Edited by Barry M. Gittlen, this book brings together thirteen essays presented at a symposium of the American Schools of Oriental Research (ASOR), offering multidisciplinary insights into Israelite religion through the lens of archaeological evidence.
Table of contents:
pt. 1. Charting the course : the relationship between text and artifact
Archaeology and the religion of Israel / Barry M. Gittlen
Religion up and down, out and in / Jonathan Z. Smith
Theology, philology, and archaeology : in the pursuit of ancient Israelite religion / William G. Dever
Philology and archaeology : imagining new questions, begetting new ideas / Ziony Zevit
pt. 2. Prayers in clay : a multidisciplinary approach to figurines
Israelite figurines : a view from the texts / Karel van der Toorn
On the use of images in Israel and the ancient Near East : a response to Karel van der Toorn / Jack M. Sasson
pt. 3. The mythology of sacred space : structure and structuralism
Preamble to a temple tour / Ziony Zevit
Solomon’s temple : the politics of ritual space / Elizabeth Bloch-Smith
The four-horned altar and sacred space : an archaeological perspective / Seymour Gitin
pt. 4. Death in the life of Israel
Ritual as symbol : modes of sacrifice in Israelite religion / Baruch A. Levine
Death in the life of Israel / Elizabeth Bloch-Smith
Tombs and offerings : archaeological data and comparative methodology in the study of death in Israel / Wayne T. Pitard
How far can texts take us? Evaluating textual sources for reconstructing ancient Israelite beliefs about the dead / Theodore J. Lewis
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