Urban imagination in biblical prophecy [[electronic resource] /] / Mary E. Mills

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910786445403321
• Autore: Mills Mary E
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: New York, : T & T Clark International, c2012
• ISBN: 1-283-89184-0; 0-567-59214-6
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (265 p.)
• Collana: The Library of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament Studies; Library of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament studies ; ; 560; T & T Clark library of biblical studies
• Disciplina: 224; 224.066; 224/.066
• Soggetti: Cities and towns in the Bible
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. [240]-246) and indexes.
• Nota di contenuto: CONTENTS; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Part 1. DEFINING URBAN PSYCHO-GEOGRAPHY; Chapter 1. URBAN PSYCHO-GEOGRAPHIES; Chapter 2. THE PROPHET AS FLANEUR; Part 2. SPACE AND PLACE IN PROPHETIC URBAN IMAGINATION; Chapter 3. TEMPLE-SPACE AND URBAN IMAGINARY IN BIBLICAL PROPHECY; Chapter 4. A POETICS OF SACRED SPACE IN THE TEMPLE JOURNEYS OF EZEKIEL; Chapter 5. NARRATIVE SPACE AND RITUAL SPACE IN THE BOOK OF JOEL; Part 3. THREE URBAN IMAGINARIES; Chapter 6. THE GREAT CITY IN THE BOOK OF JONAH; Chapter 7. THE VISIONARY SPACE OF THE SIM-CITY IN ZECHARIAH 1-8; Chapter 8. DEATHSCAPES AND THE CITY IN THE MINOR PROPHETSPart 4. ANALYZING URBAN PROPHETIC IMAGINATION; Chapter 9. GEOGRAPHY AND VISION; Chapter 10. PROPHETIC CITIES; Bibliography; Index of References; Index of Authors
• Sommario/riassunto: This volume brings together aspects of contemporary study of cultural geography and selected passages from prophetic texts of the Hebrew Bible/ Old Testament. The aim is to identify how the image of the city helps to construct meaning inside the biblical material. In order to carry ; out this task relevant textual narratives are analysed and then read from the viewpoint of space, place and urban studies. This latter category includes the works of Lefebvre, Bachelard, Soja, Massey, Amin and Thrift and Pile, among others. A major finding is that urban imagination is a tool by which the texts manag