Constructions of Space III

Biblical Spatiality and the Sacred

Jorunn Økland, J. Cornelis de Vos, Karen J. Wenell, Jorunn Økland, J. Cornelis de Vos, Karen J. Wenell

• Publisher: T&T Clark
• Year: 2016
• Print ISBN:
  9780567686626
• eBook ISBN:
  9780567061973
• Edition: 1
• Topic: Theology & Religion
• Subtopic: Biblical Criticism & Interpretation

Constructions of Space III engages with the great variety of sacred spaces set out and given meaning in the texts of the Hebrew Bible, early Jewish literature and the New Testament. Spatial-critical, as well as anthropological, philosophical and narrative perspectives are interacted with in creative ways and brought to bear on the spaces encountered within the texts. Among the concepts and themes explored are oppositional aspects such as holiness and danger/the profane, fear and hope, utopia and dystopia, and purity and impurity. The social and mythological significance of more 'grounded' places such as Jerusalem and Egypt, temples, burial places and threshing floors is considered alongside more ethereal and symbolic spaces like those of heaven, the last judgement and the kingdom of God. What emerges is a dynamic and lively set of perspectives that illuminates relationships between texts, spaces and communities.

Table of contents

• CONTENTS
• Abbreviations
• List of Contributors
• Acknowledgments
• INTRODUCTION -- Jorunn Økland, J. Cornelis de Vos, and Karen Wenell
• Part I -- HEBREW BIBLE
• HOLY MEN IN SPACE -- Stuart Lasine
• EGYPT AS A SPACE OF FEAR AND A SPACE OF HOPE -- Roland Boer
• MYTHICAL SPACE AND MYTHICAL TIME: JERUSALEM AS THE SITE OF THE LAST JUDGMENT -- Klaus Bieberstein
• THE “THRESHING FLOOR” AS SACRED SPACE IN THE HEBREW BIBLE: A SPATIAL AND ANTHROPOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVE -- Tamara Prosic
• TAKING ISSUE WITH THIRDSPACE: READING SOJA, LEFEBVRE AND THE BIBLE -- Christopher Meredith
• Part II -- NEW TESTAMENT AND INTERTESTAMENTAL LITERATURE
• WHAT HAPPENED TO THE HEAVENLY WORLD WHEN THE RIGHTEOUS FINALLY ARRIVED? TRANSFORMATION, SPACE AND REDEMPTION IN 2 BARUCH 51 -- Liv Ingeborg Lied
• DEATH, BURIAL, AND SACRED SPACE IN THE TEMPLE SCROLL -- Nóra Dávid
• THE KINGDOM OF GOD AS “SPACE IN MOTION”: TOWARDS A MORE ARCHITECTURAL APPROACH -- Karen Wenell
• LUKAN NARRATIVE SPATIALITY IN TRANSITION: A READING OF ACTS 11:19–12:24 FOR ITS SPACES -- Matthew Sleeman
• HEBREWS 3:7–4:11 AND THE FUNCTION OF MENTAL TIME-SPACE LANDSCAPES -- J. Cornelis de Vos
• CARNELIAN AND CARYATIDS: STONE AND STATUARY IN THE HEAVENLY SANCTUARY -- Jorunn Økland
• OUTLOOK
• THE SPACE OF LITURGICAL BEING -- David Jasper
• Index of References
• Index of Authors