The senses of Scripture : sensory perception in the Hebrew Bible / Yael Avrahami

• Autore: Avrahami Yael
• Pubblicazione: New York, NY, : T & T Clark, 2012
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (329 p.)
• Disciplina: 221.8/1521
• Soggetto topico: Senses and sensation in the Bible
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (pages [280]-292) and indexes
• Nota di contenuto: Lists of tables Preface Abbreviations INTRODUCTION: COMMON SENSE Chapter One: MAKING SENSE OF THE SENSORIUM Chapter Two: NUMBER OUR SENSES Chapter Three: THE SENSORIUM: DEFINITION Chapter Four: THEOLOGY OF THE SENSES Chapter Five: THE CENTRALITY OF SIGHT IN BIBLICAL EPISTEMOLOGY CONCLUSION: THE SENSES OF SCRIPTURE BIBLIOGRAPHY INDEX OF REFERENCES
• Sommario/riassunto: The Senses of Scripture reveals the essence of biblical epistemology - the ways in which ancient Israelites thought about and used their sensorium. The theoretical introduction demonstrates that scholars need to liberate themselves from the Western bias that holds a pentasensory paradigm and prioritises the sense of sight. The discussion of the biblical material demonstrates that biblical scholars should follow a similar path. Through examination of associative and contextual patters the author reaches a septasensory model, including sight, hearing, speech, kinaesthesia, touch, taste, and smell. It is further demonstrated that the senses, according to the HB, are a divinely created physical experience, which symbolised human ability to act in a sovereign manner in the world. Despite the lack of a biblical Hebrew term 'sense', it seems that at times the merism sight and hearing serves that matter. Finally, the book discusses the longstanding dispute regarding the primacy of sight vs. hearing, and claims that although there is no strict sensory hierarchy evident in the text, sight holds a central space in biblical epistemology.
• Titolo autorizzato: The senses of Scripture
• ISBN: 1-4725-5096-X; 0-567-46091-6; 0-567-35332-X
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910153149603321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Library of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament studies ; ; 545.