Universalism and particularism at Sodom and Gomorrah : essays in memory of Ron Pirson / / edited by Diana Lipton

• Pubblicazione: Atlanta, : Society of Biblical Literature, c2012
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (253 p.)
• Disciplina: 222/.1106
• Soggetto topico: Universalism; Particularism (Theology)
• Soggetto geografico: Sodom (Extinct city); Gomorrah (Extinct city)
• Altri autori: LiptonDiana PirsonRon
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Remembering Ron Pirson, by his life-partner / Petra Thijs -- Ron Pirson: memories of a former colleague / Pierre Van Hecke -- Ron Pirson: publications -- The eternal liminality of Lot: paying the price of opposing the particular in the Sodom narrative / William John Lyons -- The limits of intercession: Abraham reads Ezekiel at Sodom and Gomorrah / Diana Lipton -- Changing God's mind: Abraham versus Jonah / T. A. Perry -- Why did God choose Abraham? Responses from medieval Jewish commentators / Amira Meir -- Outcry, knowledge, and judgment in Genesis 18-19 / Ellen J. Van Wolde -- Legal and ethical reflections on Genesis 18 and 19 / Calum Carmichael -- Keeping the way of YHWH: Righteousness and justice in Genesis 18-19 / Megan Warner -- Was Lot a good host? Was Lot saved from Sodom as a reward for his hospitality? / Yitzhak (Itzik) Peleg -- Hospitality compared: Abraham and Lot as hosts / Jonathan D. Safren -- Hospitality and hostility: reading Genesis 19 in light of 2 Samuel 10 (and vice versa) / Nathan MacDonald -- Beyond particularity and universality: reflections on Shadal's commentary to Genesis 18-19 / Harlan J. Wechsler -- Does Lot know about Yada'? / Ron Pirson.
• Sommario/riassunto: This book reexamines the Sodom and Gomorrah narrative in Genesis 18-19, an ethically charged text that has significantly influenced views about homosexuality, stereotyping the other, the rewards and risks of hospitality, and the justice owed to outsiders. Its twelve essays, reflecting their authors' considerable geographical, religious, methodological, and academic diversity, explore this troubling text through the lens of universalism and particularism. Biblical Sodom is read as the site of multiple borders--fluid, porous, and bi-directional--between similar and different, men and angels, men and women, fathers and daughters, insiders and outsiders, hosts and guests, residents and aliens, chosen and nonchosen, and people and God. Readers of these exegetically and theologically attentive essays published in memory of Ron Pirson will experience a rare sense of an ancient text being read in and for the modern world. The contributors are Calum Carmichael, Diana Lipton, William John Lyons, Nathan MacDonald, Amira Meir, Yitzhak (Itzik) Peleg, T. A. Perry, Ron Pirson, Jonathan D. Safren, Megan Warner, Harlan J. Wechsler, and Ellen J. van Wolde.
• Titolo autorizzato: Universalism and particularism at Sodom and Gomorrah
• ISBN: 9781589836518; 1589836510
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Molteplice
• Record Nr.: 9910962641503321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Society of Biblical Literature Ancient Israel and its Literature