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Record Nr.

UNINA9910789566903321

Autore

Halvorson-Taylor Martien A

Titolo

Enduring exile [[electronic resource] ] : the metaphorization of exile in the Hebrew Bible / / by Martien A. Halvorson-Taylor

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Leiden [Netherlands] ; ; Boston, : Brill, 2011

ISBN

1-283-11930-7

9786613119308

90-04-20371-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (244 p.)

Collana

Supplements to Vetus Testamentum, , 0083-5889 ; ; v. 141

Disciplina

224/.06

Soggetti

Exile (Punishment) - Biblical teaching

Metaphor 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 and index.

Nota di contenuto

Preliminary Material / M. Halvorson-Taylor -- Chapter One. Introduction / M. Halvorson-Taylor -- Chapter Two. Jeremiah’s Book Of Consolation / M. Halvorson-Taylor -- Chapter Three. Isaiah / M. Halvorson-Taylor -- Chapter Four. Zechariah 1-8 / M. Halvorson-Taylor -- Conclusion / M. Halvorson-Taylor -- Bibliography / M. Halvorson-Taylor -- Index Of Authors / M. Halvorson-Taylor -- Index Of Citations / M. Halvorson-Taylor.

Sommario/riassunto

During the Second Temple period, the Babylonian exile came to signify not only the deportations and forced migrations of the sixth century B.C.E., but also a variety of other alienations. These alienations included political disenfranchisement, dissatisfaction with the status quo, and an existential alienation from God. Enduring Exile charts the transformation of exile from a historically bound and geographically constrained concept into a symbol for physical, mental, and spiritual distress. Beginning with preexilic materials, Halvorson-Taylor locates antecedents for the metaphorization of exile in the articulation of exile as treaty curse; continuing through the early postexilic period, she recovers an evolving concept of exile within the intricate redaction of Jeremiah’s Book of Consolation (Jeremiah 30–31), Second and Third Isaiah (Isaiah 40–66), and First Zechariah (Zechariah 1–8). The



formation of these works illustrates the thought, description, and exegesis that fostered the use of exile as a metaphor for problems that could not be resolved by a return to the land— and gave rise to a powerful trope within Judaism and Christianity: the motif of the “enduring exile.”