DOCSLIB.ORG

THRESHING FLOORS AS SACRED SPACES in the HEBREW BIBLE by Jaime L. Waters a Dissertation Submitted to the Johns Hopkins Universit

Total Page：16

File Type：pdf, Size：1020Kb

Download full-text PDF Read full-text

Load more

THRESHING FLOORS AS SACRED SPACES IN THE HEBREW BIBLE by Jaime L. Waters A dissertation submitted to The Johns Hopkins University in conformity with the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy Baltimore, Maryland August 2013 © 2013 Jaime L. Waters All Rights Reserved ABSTRACT Vital to an agrarian community’s survival, threshing floors are agricultural spaces where crops are threshed and winnowed. As an agrarian society, ancient Israel used threshing floors to perform these necessary activities of food processing, but the Hebrew Bible includes very few references to these actions happening on threshing floors. Instead, several cultic activities including mourning rites, divination rituals, cultic processions, and sacrifices occur on these agricultural spaces. Moreover, the Solomonic temple was built on a threshing floor. Though seemingly ordinary agricultural spaces, the Hebrew Bible situates a variety of extraordinary cultic activities on these locations. In examining references to threshing floors in the Hebrew Bible, this dissertation will show that these agricultural spaces are also sacred spaces connected to Yahweh. Three chapters will explore different aspects of this connection. Divine control of threshing floors will be demonstrated as Yahweh exhibits power to curse, bless, and save threshing floors from foreign attacks. Accessibility and divine manifestation of Yahweh will be demonstrated in passages that narrate cultic activities on threshing floors. Cultic laws will reveal the links between threshing floors, divine offerings and blessings. One chapter will also address the sociological features of threshing floors with particular attention given to the social actors involved in cultic activities and temple construction. By studying references to threshing floors as a collection, a research project that has not been done previously, the close relationship between threshing floors and the divine will be visible, and a more nuanced understanding of these spaces will be achieved. After careful analysis, the outcome of this work is the assertion that Yahweh is connected to threshing floors because essential life-sustaining activities take place at ii these spaces. Throughout the Hebrew Bible, Israel’s belief in Yahweh’s important role in livelihood and survival is asserted. Because threshing floors are inherently locations of food and sustenance, these spaces are divinely controlled and auspicious areas for human-divine communication. While threshing floors were continually used for their agricultural purposes, the Hebrew Bible places a greater emphasis on their depiction as sacred spaces. Advisor: Theodore J. Lewis Second Reader: P. Kyle McCarter, Jr. Committee Chair: Sara Berry Readers: Jane Guyer Michael Harrower iii To my mom, Delores B. Waters iv ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Many people are owed acknowledgment and thanks for their contributions to this work. I would like to thank my dissertation advisor Theodore J. Lewis for his guidance and support throughout this writing process and throughout my time at Johns Hopkins. His critical eye and encouraging advice helped me to conceptualize, refine, and complete this work. I would also like to thank P. Kyle McCarter, Jr. for the insightful conversations and thought-provoking ideas which were influential on this work. I also thank the other readers of this dissertation: Sara Berry, Jane Guyer, and Michael Harrower. Additionally, I thank the faculty, staff, and students of the Near Eastern Studies department at Johns Hopkins for providing me with a scholarly home in which to learn and thrive. Special thanks goes to Erin Fleming and Heather Dana Davis Parker who read countless drafts and provided immensely helpful feedback and critiques. Thanks also to Julie Reiser for encouragement throughout this process and for conceiving of and teaching the Dissertation Writing Workshop. I also thank my past teachers at Yale Divinity School and Boston College who cultivated and nurtured a love of the Hebrew Bible within me. I am very fortunate to receive support from my family and friends, and here is just a sprinkling of the many people for whom I am grateful. I first thank my grandmom, Delores B. Waters, whose love and support cannot adequately be expressed in words. My grandmom was simply the best, and I thank her for being my inspiration and my cheerleader. I also thank my parents, Delores and John, for their love and encouragement without which this work would not be possible. Special thanks go to Dr. Uncle Tony for the many laughs needed to make it through this arduous process and to Fr. Uncle Sam for the many prayers for my completion. I also thank my life partner and best friend, Joe, v whose love and encouragement have endured for many years and whose stimulating conversations have influenced this work. Finally, it is with much joy that I dedicate this dissertation to my mom, Delores B. Waters. Many thanks for the years of love, guidance, sacrifice, and support. vi TABLE OF CONTENTS Abstract ii Acknowledgements v Table of Contents vii Abbreviations ix List of Figures xi Chapter 1: Introduction 1 1.1 Threshing Floors: A Brief Overview 1 1.2 Threshing and Winnowing 7 1.3 From Crops to Food 10 Chapter 2: Methodology 13 2.1 Sacred Space 13 2.2 Liminal Space 22 2.3 Spatial Theory in Biblical Study 24 2.4 Date, Genre and Sitz im Leben of Biblical Passages 29 2.5 Parallel Passages 30 Chapter 3: Divine Control of Threshing Floors 36 3.1 Yahweh Curses Threshing Floors 36 3.1.1 Hosea 9:1-2; 13:3 36 3.2 Yahweh Blesses Threshing Floors 42 3.2.1 Joel 2:23-24 42 3.3 Yahweh Saves Threshing Floors from Foreign Attacks 45 3.3.1 1 Samuel 23:1-5 45 3.3.2 2 Kings 6:27 48 3.3.3 Judges 6:1-16 51 Excursus: Divine Manifestation and Sacrifice at the Oak Tree near the Wine Press 53 Chapter 4: Cultic Activities and Divine Manifestation on Threshing Floors 57 4.1 Consulting Yahweh at Threshing Floors 57 4.1.1 Judges 6:37-40 57 4.1.2 1 Kings 22:10//2 Chronicles 18:9 62 4.2 Cultic Processions on Threshing Floors 67 4.2.1 Genesis 50:10-11 68 4.2.2 2 Samuel 6:6-7//1 Chronicles 13:9-10 71 4.3 Theophany and Sacrifice Upon A Threshing Floor 77 4.3.1 2 Samuel 24:15-25//1 Chronicles 21:14-27 78 4.4 Temple Construction Upon A Threshing Floor 84 4.4.1 1 Chronicles 21:28-22:1 and 2 Chronicles 3:1 85 Excursus: The Historicity of the Chronicler’s Account of the Temple Construction 87 vii Chapter 5: Priestly and Deuteronomic Legal Perspectives on Threshing Floors 92 5.1 Numbers 15:17-20; 18:25-29 93 5.2 Deuteronomy 15:12-15; 16:13-15 98 Chapter 6: The Sociology of Threshing Floors 105 6.1 Social Actors: Who Uses Threshing Floors as Sacred Spaces? 105 6.2 Temple: Axis Mundi on a Threshing Floor 113 6.3 Threshing Floor Transformation 119 Conclusion 126 Addendum 1: Additional References to Threshing Floors in the Hebrew Bible 129 Addendum 2: Threshing Floors at Ugarit 142 Bibliography 154 viii ABBREVIATIONS AB Anchor Bible ABD Anchor Bible Dictionary. Edited by D. N. Freedman. 6 vols. New York, 1992 ANET Ancient Near Eastern Texts Relating to the Old Testament. Edited by J. A. Pritchard. Princeton, 1969 BA Biblical Archaeologist BAR Biblical Archaeology Review BASOR Bulletin of the American Schools of Oriental Research BDB Brown, F., S. R. Driver, and C. A. Briggs. A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament. Oxford, 1907 BSac Bibliotheca Sacra BN Biblische Notizen BR Biblical Research BZ Biblische Zeitschrift BZAW Beihefte zur Zeitschrift für die alttestamentliche Wissenschaft CAD The Assyrian Dictionary of the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago. Chicago, 1956-2011 CBQ Catholic Biblical Quarterly CBR Currents in Biblical Research CDA Jeremy Black, Andrew George, and Nicholas Postgate. A Concise Dictionary of Akkadian. Harrassowitz Verlag, 2000. COS The Context of Scripture. Edited by W. W. Hallo and W. Younger. 3 vols. Leiden, 1997-2003 CRBS Currents in Research Biblical Studies DUL Gregorio del Olmo Lete and Joaquín Sanmartín. A Dictionary of the Ugaritic Language in the Alphabetic Tradition. Translated by Wilfred G. E. Watson. 2 vols. Leiden, 2003 ESV English Standard Version FRLANT Forschungen zur Religion und Literatur des Alten und Neuen Testaments HALOT Koehler L., W. Baumgartner, and J. J. Stamm. The Hebrew and Aramaic Lexicon of the Old Testament. Translated and edited under the supervision of M. E. J. Richardson. 5 vols. Leiden, 1994-2000 HR History of Religions HUC Hebrew Union College IEJ Israel Exploration Journal JAOS Journal of the American Oriental Society JBL Journal of Biblical Literature JBQ Jewish Biblical Quarterly JQR Jewish Quarterly Review JIR Jewish Institute of Religion JETS Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society JNES Journal of Near Eastern Studies JPS Jewish Publication Society JSOT Journal for the Study of the Old Testament ix JSOTSSup Journal for the Study of the Old Testament: Supplement Series JTS Journal of Theological Studies KTU Die keilalphabetischen Texte aus Ugarit. Edited by M. Dietrich, O. Loretz, and J. Sanmartín. AOAT 24/1. Neukirchen-Vluyn, 1976. 2d enlarged ed. of KTU: The Cuneiform Alphabetic Texts from Ugarit, Ras Ibn Hani, and Other Places. Edited by M. Dietrich, O. Loretz, and J. Sanmartín, 1995 (=CTU) LXX Septuagint MT Masoretic Text NEB New English Bible NIV New International Version NKJV New King James Version NRSV New Revised Standard Version OBO Orbis biblicus et orientalis OBT Overtures to Biblical Theology OJB Orthodox Jewish Bible OTE Old Testament Essays OTL Old Testament Library PEQ Palestine Exploration Quarterly RB Revue biblique RES Répertoire d’épigraphie sémitiques RS Ras Shamra RSV Revised Standard Version SBL Society of Biblical Literature SBLWAW Society of Biblical Literature Writings from the Ancient World ScrHier Scripta hierosolymitana SR Studies in Religion TDOT Theological Dictionary of the Old Testament.
Recommended publications
  • Moses Hayim Luzzatto's Quest for Providence

    Moses Hayim Luzzatto's Quest for Providence

    City University of New York (CUNY) CUNY Academic Works All Dissertations, Theses, and Capstone Projects Dissertations, Theses, and Capstone Projects 10-2014 'Like Iron to a Magnet': Moses Hayim Luzzatto's Quest for Providence David Sclar Graduate Center, City University of New York How does access to this work benefit ou?y Let us know! More information about this work at: https://academicworks.cuny.edu/gc_etds/380 Discover additional works at: https://academicworks.cuny.edu This work is made publicly available by the City University of New York (CUNY). Contact: [email protected] “Like Iron to a Magnet”: Moses Hayim Luzzatto’s Quest for Providence By David Sclar A Dissertation Submitted to the Graduate Faculty in History in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirement for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy The City University of New York 2014 © 2014 David Sclar All Rights Reserved This Manuscript has been read and accepted by the Graduate Faculty in History in satisfaction of the Dissertation requirement for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy Prof. Jane S. Gerber _______________ ____________________________________ Date Chair of the Examining Committee Prof. Helena Rosenblatt _______________ ____________________________________ Date Executive Officer Prof. Francesca Bregoli _______________________________________ Prof. Elisheva Carlebach ________________________________________ Prof. Robert Seltzer ________________________________________ Prof. David Sorkin ________________________________________ Supervisory Committee iii Abstract “Like Iron to a Magnet”: Moses Hayim Luzzatto’s Quest for Providence by David Sclar Advisor: Prof. Jane S. Gerber This dissertation is a biographical study of Moses Hayim Luzzatto (1707–1746 or 1747). It presents the social and religious context in which Luzzatto was variously celebrated as the leader of a kabbalistic-messianic confraternity in Padua, condemned as a deviant threat by rabbis in Venice and central and eastern Europe, and accepted by the Portuguese Jewish community after relocating to Amsterdam.
  • Historical Bronzes Catalogue

    Historical Bronzes Catalogue

    Historical Bronzes by Fernando Andrea Table of Contents FERNANDO ANDREA ......................................................................................... 5 BRONZE-01 “General Custer (Son of the Morning Star)” ......................... 6 P.BRONZE-01 “General Custer Polychromed Bronze” ............................. 10 BRONZE-02 “Lawrence of Arabia” ................................................................... 12 BRONZE-03 “Chasseur de la Garde” .............................................................. 16 BRONZE-04 “Napoléon à Fontainebleau” ................................................... 20 BRONZE-04S “Napoléon à Fontainebleau (small)” .................................... 24 BRONZE-05 “Le Capitaine, 1805” ............................ ........................................ 26 BRONZE-06 “Banner” .................................................. ........................................ 30 P.BRONZE-06 “Banner Polychromed Bronze” .... ........................................ 33 BRONZE-07 “Le Roi Soleil, 1701” ............................. ........................................ 34 BRONZE-08 “Officier d’Artillerien de la Garde Impériale, 1809” .......... 38 NEWS ................................................................................ ........................................ 42 WORKSHOP ................................................................... ........................................ 44 Fernando Andrea He was born in Madrid, Spain, in 1961 and Fernando is also an accomplished musician received his early
  • Most Common Jewish First Names in Israel Edwin D

    Most Common Jewish First Names in Israel Edwin D

    Names 39.2 (June 1991) Most Common Jewish First Names in Israel Edwin D. Lawson1 Abstract Samples of men's and women's names drawn from English language editions of Israeli telephone directories identify the most common names in current usage. These names, categorized into Biblical, Traditional, Modern Hebrew, and Non-Hebrew groups, indicate that for both men and women over 90 percent come from Hebrew, with the Bible accounting for over 70 percent of the male names and about 40 percent of the female. Pronunciation, meaning, and Bible citation (where appropriate) are given for each name. ***** The State of Israel represents a tremendous opportunity for names research. Immigrants from traditions and cultures as diverse as those of Yemen, India, Russia, and the United States have added their onomastic contributions to the already existing Jewish culture. The observer accustomed to familiar first names of American Jews is initially puzzled by the first names of Israelis. Some of them appear to be biblical, albeit strangely spelled; others appear very different. What are these names and what are their origins? Benzion Kaganoffhas given part of the answer (1-85). He describes the evolution of modern Jewish naming practices and has dealt specifi- cally with the change of names of Israeli immigrants. Many, perhaps most, of the Jews who went to Israel changed or modified either personal or family name or both as part of the formation of a new identity. However, not all immigrants changed their names. Names such as David, Michael, or Jacob required no change since they were already Hebrew names.
  • Pachad David on the Torah Part II

    Pachad David on the Torah Part II

    Excerpt from the book PACHAD DAVID PART TWO Bereshit • Shemot Rabbi David Hanania Pinto ’’ Grandson of venerable and holy Rabbi Chaim Pinto Zatsal Translated by Mr Jeff Soussana New York 13th of Sivan 5778 Chevrat Pinto Institutions The Kollel of Lyon The Kollel of Dayanut The Kollel of Guemara Hevrat Pinto Ohr Haim Ve Moshe Pachad David Beith Ha-Midrash Beith Ha-Midrash The Kollel Yeshivat Chevrat Pinto Chevrat Pinto Orot Chaim U-Moshe Torat David Kollel for Kollel Kollel Baalei Batim Pninei David Kol Chaim Rehov Ha’ahouza 98 Ra’anana • Israël Tel: +972 98 828 078 +972 58 792 9003 [email protected] Translation Mr. Jeff Soussana Editions Chevrat Pinto 207 West 78th Street - New York NY 10024 Tel.: 1 212 721 0230 - e-mail: [email protected] Web: www.hevratpinto.org Offered Graciously - Not for Sale 3 BERESHIT Contents Bereshith.....................................................................................................................10 “Distance Yourself From Evil and Do Good” – And Only Good!..........................................................................10 The Infinite Wisdom of the Torah ...........................................................................................................................12 There Is no End to the Holy Torah ..........................................................................................................................14 .Humility Is an Absolute Prerequisite for Observing Torah ...................................................................................16
  • Kynes Wisdom Obituary JTS Prepub

    Kynes Wisdom Obituary JTS Prepub

    [Pre-publication version: Kynes, Will. “The ‘Wisdom Literature’ Category: An Obituary.” Journal of Theological Studies 69 (2018): 1–24.] The ‘Wisdom Literature’ Category An Obituary Will Kynes Whitworth University [email protected] Abstract The consensus that Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, and Job are the primary members of a ‘Wisdom’ collection is nearly universal, though the category’s origin is unknown and its definition debated. This article identifies that origin and argues that it has caused that continuing debate. Wisdom was not born in early Jewish and Christian interpretation, as some suggest, but in nineteenth-century Germany to make the Old Testament palatable to its ‘cultured despisers’. The uncritical acceptance of the category perpetuates the presuppositions that inspired it, which continue to plague its interpretation. Now, as the category’s vital weaknesses are increasingly recognized, the time has come to declare Wisdom Literature dead and replace it with a new approach to genre that reads texts, not in exclusive categories, but in multiple overlapping groupings. This will offer a more nuanced understanding of the so-called Wisdom texts’ place in the intricate intertextual network of the canon and beyond. It will free Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, and Job, as well as the Israelite concept of wisdom to be interpreted more independently, beyond their connections with one another, and thus more fully and accurately. 1 The ‘Wisdom Literature’ category, a collection of biblical books centred on Proverbs, Ecclesiastes and Job, has died.1 After 167 years, it has succumbed to the obsolescence which constantly threatens generic classifications.2 The category’s recent rocketing rise in popularity coupled with the nearly universal agreement on its value for biblical interpretation makes its death more shocking, however, since they had given the impression that Wisdom was in excellent health.
  • The Beit Shemesh Running Club

    The Beit Shemesh Running Club

    The Beit Shemesh Running Club Marathoners Unite Religiously Diverse Israeli City By Hillel Kuttler pon completing each Monday’s 90-min- Strous could also have been referring to the ath- ute group run at 10:30 p.m., Rael Strous letic group to which he belongs, the Beit Shemesh Utakes leave of his mates and drives to a Running Club. The club unites disparate Jewish nearby bakery whose fresh-from-the-oven whole segments of society around a common appetite wheat rolls he craves. for pavement and trails, then sends them and Dripping 10 miles’ worth of street-pounding their differences home until the next workout. sweat and still clad in running shorts, Strous tends Its members and town officials view the run- to draw gazes and conversational interest from the ning club as a stark example of sports’ power to black-hatted, black-coated ultra-Orthodox men foster tolerance and inclusion. That is no small Members of the Beit who likewise visit the bakery for a late nibble here feat, especially following a series of ugly incidents Shemesh Running Club, in Beit Shemesh, an unassuming city of 85,000, in late 2011 near a Beit Shemesh elementary Shlomo Hammer and his 20 miles west of Jerusalem. The curiosity seekers school that had just opened on property that father Naftali Hammer inquire about Strous’ workout; he asks what Jewish adjoins—but also divides—the separate neigh- (front right and front scholarly texts they’ve been studying. borhoods where Modern Orthodox and ultra- left), stretching before “It’s just a bunch of guys getting together, Orthodox Jews live.
  • Horse Motifs in Folk Narrative of the Supernatural

    Horse Motifs in Folk Narrative of the Supernatural

    HORSE MOTIFS IN FOLK NARRATIVE OF THE SlPERNA TURAL by Victoria Harkavy A Thesis Submitted to the Graduate Faculty of George Mason University in Partial Fulfillment of The Requirements for the Degree of Master of Arts Interdisciplinary Studies Committee: ___ ~C=:l!L~;;rtl....,19~~~'V'l rogram Director Dean, College of Humanities and Social Sciences Date: ~U_c-ly-=-a2..!-.:t ;LC>=-----...!/~'fF_ Spring Semester 2014 George Mason University Fairfax, VA Horse Motifs in Folk Narrative of the Supernatural A Thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Arts at George Mason University by Victoria Harkavy Bachelor of Arts University of Maryland-College Park 2006 Director: Margaret Yocom, Professor Interdisciplinary Studies Spring Semester 2014 George Mason University Fairfax, VA This work is licensed under a creative commons attribution-noderivs 3.0 unported license. ii DEDICATION This is dedicated to my wonderful and supportive parents, Lorraine Messinger and Kenneth Harkavy. iii ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS I would like to thank my committee, Drs. Yocom, Fraser, and Rashkover, for putting in the time and effort to get this thesis finalized. Thanks also to my friends and colleagues who let me run ideas by them. Special thanks to Margaret Christoph for lending her copy editing expertise. Endless gratitude goes to my family taking care of me when I was focused on writing. Thanks also go to William, Folklore Horse, for all of the inspiration, and to Gumbie, Folklore Cat, for only sometimes sitting on the keyboard. iv TABLE OF CONTENTS Page Abstract .............................................................................................................................. vi Interdisciplinary Elements of this Study ............................................................................. 1 Introduction ........................................................................................................................
  • The Severity and Mercy of God 2 Samuel 24 Several Years Ago A

    The Severity and Mercy of God 2 Samuel 24 Several Years Ago A

    The Severity and Mercy of God 2 Samuel 24 Several years ago a man in his 50s came to faith in Christ and started reading the Bible for the first time. About once a week he would come into my office to talk about the things he was reading in the Old Testament. Quite often the things he wanted to talk about were the shocking, unusual things that God did or that God commanded – such as when God commanded the Israelites to kill every man, woman, and child when they conquered a city (see Deut. 3:6, 1 Samuel 15:3). Those discussions reminded me that some of what is written in the Old Testament can be troubling. Perhaps you’ve been shocked at some of the things we’ve seen this fall in the life of David. But it’s not just the Old Testament. When you read the gospels, you learn that Jesus talked about hell more than anybody else. For example, Jesus told His followers in Matthew 10:28: 28 "And do not fear those who kill the body, but are unable to kill the soul; but rather fear Him who is able to destroy both soul and body in hell. Hell is a place of conscious, eternal punishment apart from the presence of God. Jesus’ point is that if God has the power to banish people to the destruction of hell, we should “fear” Him (instead of merely fearing other people). We find throughout Scripture what is sometimes called “the severity of God.” And yet the overarching plot of the Bible is that God loves us so much that He sent His one and only Son to die for our sins.
  • On Robert Alter's Bible

    On Robert Alter's Bible

    Barbara S. Burstin Pittsburgh's Jews and the Tree of Life JEWISH REVIEW OF BOOKS Volume 9, Number 4 Winter 2019 $10.45 On Robert Alter’s Bible Adele Berlin David Bentley Hart Shai Held Ronald Hendel Adam Kirsch Aviya Kushner Editor Abraham Socher BRANDEIS Senior Contributing Editor Allan Arkush UNIVERSITY PRESS Art Director Spinoza’s Challenge to Jewish Thought Betsy Klarfeld Writings on His Life, Philosophy, and Legacy Managing Editor Edited by Daniel B. Schwartz Amy Newman Smith “This collection of Jewish views on, and responses to, Spinoza over Web Editor the centuries is an extremely useful addition to the literature. That Rachel Scheinerman it has been edited by an expert on Spinoza’s legacy in the Jewish Editorial Assistant world only adds to its value.” Kate Elinsky Steven Nadler, University of Wisconsin March 2019 Editorial Board Robert Alter Shlomo Avineri Leora Batnitzky Ruth Gavison Moshe Halbertal Hillel Halkin Jon D. Levenson Anita Shapira Michael Walzer J. H.H. Weiler Ruth R. Wisse Steven J. Zipperstein Executive Director Eric Cohen Publisher Gil Press Chairman’s Council Blavatnik Family Foundation Publication Committee The Donigers of Not Bad for The Soul of the Stranger Marilyn and Michael Fedak Great Neck Delancey Street Reading God and Torah from A Mythologized Memoir The Rise of Billy Rose a Transgender Perspective Ahuva and Martin J. Gross Wendy Doniger Mark Cohen Joy Ladin Susan and Roger Hertog Roy J. Katzovicz “Walking through the snow to see “Comprehensive biography . “This heartfelt, difficult work will Wendy at the stately, gracious compelling story. Highly introduce Jews and other readers The Lauder Foundation– home of Rita and Lester Doniger recommended.” of the Torah to fresh, sensitive Leonard and Judy Lauder will forever remain in my memory.” Library Journal (starred review) approaches with room for broader Sandra Earl Mintz Francis Ford Coppola human dignity.” Tina and Steven Price Charitable Foundation Publishers Weekly (starred review) March 2019 Pamela and George Rohr Daniel Senor The Lost Library Jewish Legal Paul E.
  • Maria Marshall Au Affaire De Famille» Un Texte Sur Charles Des Médicis), La Nourriture, Il Nous Livre Dans Les Dynamisme Ambiant

    Maria Marshall Au Affaire De Famille» Un Texte Sur Charles Des Médicis), La Nourriture, Il Nous Livre Dans Les Dynamisme Ambiant

    Trimestriel d'actualité d'art contemporai n : avril.mail.juin 2013 • N°61 • 3 € L u c T u y m a n s , © F b B l u u e r x l e g N L a 9 ï e i e u / P è 2 - w B g . d 1 P s e e e 7 . l 0 X g d i é q p u ô e t Sommaire Edito « ... Et si je vieillis seule et sale je n’oublierai jamais dial. Dans ce cadre prestigieux où l’art et le luxe que l’Art est ma seule nourriture ». C’est la dernière sont rois, j’ai eu l’occasion de croiser un galeriste 2 Édito . Dogma, un projet de ville. Focus sur une strophe de l’autoportrait écrit à la main de Manon philosophe. Le galeriste NewYorkais m’a surpris agence d’architecture un peu particulière, 3 Michel Boulanger.Jalons, un texte de Bara qui fait la cover de FluxNews. Un élan sous par la teneur de son discours. Ironisant sur sa posi - par Carlo Menon. Yves Randaxhe. forme de rayon de soleil dans le petit monde de l’art tion de plus en plus marginalisée face à la montée en 21 Suite d’On Kawara par Véronique Per - d’aujourd’hui. La petite entreprise de Manon ne puissance d’une galerie comme Gagosian qui grâce 4 Concentration de galeries dans le haut riol. connaît pas la crise, elle carbure à l’essentiel... L’art à ses nombreuses succursales occupe plus de trois de Bruxelles, texte de Colette Dubois.
  • A Theological Reading of the Gideon-Abimelech Narrative

    A Theological Reading of the Gideon-Abimelech Narrative

    YAHWEH vERsus BAALISM A THEOLOGICAL READING OF THE GIDEON-ABIMELECH NARRATIVE WOLFGANG BLUEDORN A thesis submitted to Cheltenham and Gloucester College of Higher Education in accordance with the requirements of the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in the Faculty of Arts & Humanities April 1999 ABSTRACT This study attemptsto describethe contribution of the Abimelech narrative for the theologyof Judges.It is claimedthat the Gideonnarrative and the Abimelechnarrative need to be viewed as one narrative that focuseson the demonstrationof YHWH'S superiority over Baalism, and that the deliverance from the Midianites in the Gideon narrative, Abimelech's kingship, and the theme of retribution in the Abimelech narrative serve as the tangible matter by which the abstracttheological theme becomesnarratable. The introduction to the Gideon narrative, which focuses on Israel's idolatry in a previously unparalleled way in Judges,anticipates a theological narrative to demonstrate that YHWH is god. YHwH's prophet defines the general theological background and theme for the narrative by accusing Israel of having abandonedYHwH despite his deeds in their history and having worshipped foreign gods instead. YHWH calls Gideon to demolish the idolatrous objects of Baalism in response, so that Baalism becomes an example of any idolatrous cult. Joash as the representativeof Baalism specifies the defined theme by proposing that whichever god demonstrateshis divine power shall be recognised as god. The following episodesof the battle against the Midianites contrast Gideon's inadequateresources with his selfish attempt to be honoured for the victory, assignthe victory to YHWH,who remains in control and who thus demonstrateshis divine power, and show that Baal is not presentin the narrative.
  • Three Conquests of Canaan

    Three Conquests of Canaan

    ÅA Wars in the Middle East are almost an every day part of Eero Junkkaala:of Three Canaan Conquests our lives, and undeniably the history of war in this area is very long indeed. This study examines three such wars, all of which were directed against the Land of Canaan. Two campaigns were conducted by Egyptian Pharaohs and one by the Israelites. The question considered being Eero Junkkaala whether or not these wars really took place. This study gives one methodological viewpoint to answer this ques- tion. The author studies the archaeology of all the geo- Three Conquests of Canaan graphical sites mentioned in the lists of Thutmosis III and A Comparative Study of Two Egyptian Military Campaigns and Shishak and compares them with the cities mentioned in Joshua 10-12 in the Light of Recent Archaeological Evidence the Conquest stories in the Book of Joshua. Altogether 116 sites were studied, and the com- parison between the texts and the archaeological results offered a possibility of establishing whether the cities mentioned, in the sources in question, were inhabited, and, furthermore, might have been destroyed during the time of the Pharaohs and the biblical settlement pe- riod. Despite the nature of the two written sources being so very different it was possible to make a comparative study. This study gives a fresh view on the fierce discus- sion concerning the emergence of the Israelites. It also challenges both Egyptological and biblical studies to use the written texts and the archaeological material togeth- er so that they are not so separated from each other, as is often the case.