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By the irrigation canals of Babylon : approaches to the study of the exile / edited by John J. Ahn and Jill Middlemas.

Contributor(s): Ahn, John J | Middlemas, Jill Anne, 1971-
Material type: TextTextSeries: Library of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament studies: 526.; T & T Clark library of biblical studies: Publisher: New York : T & T Clark, 2012Description: viii, 198 pages : illustrations ; 25 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780567528940 (hardcover : alk. paper); 0567528944 (hardcover : alk. paper)Subject(s): Judaism -- History -- Post-exilic period, 586 B.C.-210 A.D. -- Congresses | Jews -- History -- 586 B.C.-70 A.D. -- Congresses | Bible. Old Testament -- Criticism, interpretation, etc. -- Congresses | Forced migration -- Social aspects -- Congresses | Emigration and immigration -- Social aspects -- CongressesDDC classification: 296.09/014 LOC classification: BM176 | .B92 2012Bibliography, Etc. Note: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Contents:
Israel in exile after thirty years / Ralph W. Klein -- More and less than a myth : reality and significance of exile for the political, social, and religious history of Judah / Rainer Albertz -- The city state of Jerusalem in the neo-Babylonian empire : evidence from the surrounding states / Hans M. Barstad -- Global warming and the Babylonian exile / Bob Becking -- The future of the "exile" / Jill Middlemas -- From Horeb to Nebo : exile, the Pentateuch, and the promise of home in Exodus 2:1-3:6 and Deuteronomy 34:1-12 / Dennis T. Olson -- Reimagining exile through the lens of the exodus : turning points in Israelite history and texts / Pamela Barmash -- "There is no one!" : the redaction of exile in Jeremiah's book of consolation (31:15-22) / Martien A. Halvorson-Taylor -- Forced migration and the formation of the prophetic literature / Robert R. Wilson -- Reading exile then : reconsidering the methodological debates for biblical analysis in dialogue with sociological and literary analysis / Daniel L. Smith-Christopher -- "They never returned" : were the Babylonians Jewish settlers exiles or pioneers? / Lester L. Grabbe -- Forced migrations guiding the exile : demarcating 597, 587, and 582 B.C.E. / John J. Ahn.
Holdings
Item type Current library Shelving location Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode
Book Book John Bulow Campbell Library Midrange BM176 .B92 2012 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 0182903195325

"A Continuum imprint"--Title page verso.

"The essays in this volume stem from papers presented at the 'Exile-forced Migrations in Biblical Literature' Consultation (now Group) at the Annual Meeting of the Society of Biblical Literature in 2008."--Introduction

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Israel in exile after thirty years / Ralph W. Klein -- More and less than a myth : reality and significance of exile for the political, social, and religious history of Judah / Rainer Albertz -- The city state of Jerusalem in the neo-Babylonian empire : evidence from the surrounding states / Hans M. Barstad -- Global warming and the Babylonian exile / Bob Becking -- The future of the "exile" / Jill Middlemas -- From Horeb to Nebo : exile, the Pentateuch, and the promise of home in Exodus 2:1-3:6 and Deuteronomy 34:1-12 / Dennis T. Olson -- Reimagining exile through the lens of the exodus : turning points in Israelite history and texts / Pamela Barmash -- "There is no one!" : the redaction of exile in Jeremiah's book of consolation (31:15-22) / Martien A. Halvorson-Taylor -- Forced migration and the formation of the prophetic literature / Robert R. Wilson -- Reading exile then : reconsidering the methodological debates for biblical analysis in dialogue with sociological and literary analysis / Daniel L. Smith-Christopher -- "They never returned" : were the Babylonians Jewish settlers exiles or pioneers? / Lester L. Grabbe -- Forced migrations guiding the exile : demarcating 597, 587, and 582 B.C.E. / John J. Ahn.

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