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Myths of exile : history and metaphor in the Hebrew Bible / edited by Anne Katrine de Hemmer Gudme and Ingrid Hjelm.

Contributor(s): Gudme, Anne Katrine de Hemmer, 1980- [editor.] | Hjelm, Ingrid [editor.]
Material type: TextTextSeries: Copenhagen international seminar: Publisher: London : Routledge, 2015Description: xiii, 173 pages ; 24 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781138886896; 1138886890Subject(s): Jews -- History -- Babylonian captivity, 598-515 B.C. -- Biblical teaching | Exile (Punishment) -- Biblical teaching | Bible. Old Testament -- Criticism, interpretation, etc | Metaphor in the BibleDDC classification: 221.6 LOC classification: BS1199.B3 | M98 2015Bibliography, Etc. Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
Exile as the great divide: would there be an 'ancient Israel' without an exile? / Niels Peter Lemche -- God leading his people: Exodus' longue duree / Fabio Porzia -- Exile and return and the closure of the Samaritan and Jewish canons / Ingrid Hjelm -- Constructions of exile in the Persian period / Cian Power -- Exile as pilgrimage / Ingrid Hjelm -- Psalms 137: Exile as hell! / Niels Peter Lemche -- Sheep without a shepherd: Genesis' discourse on justice and reconciliation as exile's raison d'etre / Thomas L. Thompson -- Idol-taunt and exilic identity: a Dalit reading of Isaiah 44:9-20 / Dominic S. Irudayaraj -- Exile and emergent monotheism: learning loyalty from Jeremiah 42-44 / Rob Barrett -- The return from exile in Ezra-Nehemiah / Roberto Piani.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Exile as the great divide: would there be an 'ancient Israel' without an exile? / Niels Peter Lemche -- God leading his people: Exodus' longue duree / Fabio Porzia -- Exile and return and the closure of the Samaritan and Jewish canons / Ingrid Hjelm -- Constructions of exile in the Persian period / Cian Power -- Exile as pilgrimage / Ingrid Hjelm -- Psalms 137: Exile as hell! / Niels Peter Lemche -- Sheep without a shepherd: Genesis' discourse on justice and reconciliation as exile's raison d'etre / Thomas L. Thompson -- Idol-taunt and exilic identity: a Dalit reading of Isaiah 44:9-20 / Dominic S. Irudayaraj -- Exile and emergent monotheism: learning loyalty from Jeremiah 42-44 / Rob Barrett -- The return from exile in Ezra-Nehemiah / Roberto Piani.

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