'Every city shall be forsaken' [[electronic resource] ] : urbanism and prophecy in ancient Israel and the Near East / / edited by Lester L. Grabbe and Robert D. Haak

• Pubblicazione: Sheffield, Eng., : Sheffield Academic Press, c2001
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (233 p.)
• Disciplina: 016.2299; 221.15
• Soggetto topico: Cities and towns - Biblical teaching; Cities and towns, Ancient - Middle East; Urbanization - Middle East
• Soggetto geografico: Middle East Antiquities
• Altri autori: GrabbeLester L HaakRobert D <1949-> (Robert Donel)
• Note generali: "The present volume arises out of the work of the Prophetic Texts and their Ancient Contexts Group, a Society of Biblical Literature Group ... "--Preface.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
• Nota di contenuto: Contents; Preface; List of Abbreviations; List of Contributors; Introduction and Overview; Cityscape to Landscape: The 'Back to Nature' Theme in Isaiah 1-35; City of Chaos, City of Stone, City of Flesh: Urbanscapes in Prophetic Discourses; Proximity to the Central Davidic Citadel and the Greater and Lesser Prophets; This Land Is my Land: On Nature as Property in the Book of Ezekiel; Sup-Urbs or only Hyp-Urbs? Prophets and Populations in Ancient Israel and Socio-historical Method; The Savage Made Civilized: An Examination of Ezekiel 16.8 ; Reconstructing Haggai's Jerusalem: Demographic and Sociological Considerations and the Search for an Adequate Methodological Point of DepartureThe Sociology of Preindustrial Cities; City as Lofty as Heaven: Arbela and other Cities in Neo-Assyrian Prophecy; Jerusalem: An Example of War in a Walled City (Isaiah 3-4); Index of References; Index of Modern Authors
• Sommario/riassunto: Urbanism in ancient society has now become an important topic for both classical and ancient Near Eastern scholars. Equally, the question of prophecy as social institution and literary corpus has been increasingly problematized. The essays in this volume bring together these crucial aspects of modern biblical research, the scope ranging from methodological issues about sociology and urbanism to Assyrian prophecies and specific biblical texts. An introductory chapter surveys recent anthropological study on urbanism, summarizes the essays, and places the different contributions in context.
• Titolo autorizzato: Every city shall be forsaken
• ISBN: 1-281-84179-X; 9786611841799; 0-567-45598-X
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910782238303321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Journal for the study of the Old Testament. . -Supplement series ; ; 330.