An edition of All the boundaries of the land (2013)

All the boundaries of the land

the Promised Land in Biblical thought in light of the ancient Near East

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An edition of All the boundaries of the land (2013)

All the boundaries of the land

the Promised Land in Biblical thought in light of the ancient Near East

What are the borders of the Promised Land in the Hebrew Bible? What drives and characterizes the descriptions given of them? The starting point for this research lies in the premise that, despite their detailed geographical nature, the biblical texts are not genuinely geographical documents. They are more appropriately to be understood and examined as literary texts composed in the service of an ideological agenda. In order to comprehend properly the idea of the Promised Land presented in the Hebrew Bible--its definitions, dimensions, and significance--we must understand that the descriptions belong to diverse literary genres, were composed according to various literary devices that require decoding, and that reflect a range of perspectives, outlooks, and notions. All the Boundaries of the Land provides engaging fresh perspectives on the variant views of the Promised Land in the interface between literature, history, geography, and ideology. It does not intend to answer the question of how the borders of the land altered throughout the course of history. The reader will find no maps or outlines in this book. The emphasis is on the literary tools that were employed by the biblical authors who described the borders, and the ideological motives that guided them.

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Eisenbrauns
Language
English
Pages
352

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Table of Contents

Part 1. Borders and the concept of the border in the Bible and ancient Near East. "Border" versus "frontier"
Spatial merisms
Part 2. The Promised Land. The land promised to the patriarchs
The promise of world dominion
"The land of Canaan with its various boundaries" document (Numbers 34:1-12)
Ezekiel's vision of the ideal land
Part 3. The fulfillment of the promise. The dimensions of the land in the "book of conquest" (Joshua 1-12)
"The land that yet remains" (Joshua 13:1-6)
The "book of settlement" : the land of the tribal portions
The dimensions of the land according to biblical historiography.

Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references (pages 303-322) and indexes.

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Winona Lake, Indiana

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
221.9/1
Library of Congress
BS1199.P26 W3913 2013, BS1199.P26W3913 2013

The Physical Object

Pagination
xiv, 352 pages
Number of pages
352

Edition Identifiers

Open Library
OL28391741M
ISBN 10
1575062836
ISBN 13
9781575062839
LCCN
2013033824
OCLC/WorldCat
856647704

Work Identifiers

Work ID
OL20957333W

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