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1 online resource |
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Part I. Remembering ancestors and founders. The memory of Abraham in late Persian/early Hellenistic Yehud/Judah / Ehud Ben Zvi -- Remembering Jacob in the late Persian early Hellenistic era / Raik Heckl -- Moses, the royal lawgiver / Thomas C. Römer -- Exploring the memory of Aaron in late Persian/early Hellenistic period Yehud / Philippe Guillaume -- Remembering Joshua / E. Axel Knauf |
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Part II. Remembering kings (Israelite and foreigners). Saul, hero and villain / Philip R. Davies -- David in Israelite social memory / Diana V. Edelman -- Solomon as cultural memory / Niels Peter Lemche -- Between realpolitiker and hero of faith: memories of Hezekiah in biblical traditions and beyond / Bob Becking -- The memory of Sennacherib in late Persian Yehud / Russell Hobson -- Rehabilitating Manasseh: remembering King Manasseh in the Persian and Hellenistic periods / Lowell K. Handy -- Remembering Josiah / Joseph Blenkinsopp -- Nebuchadnezzar: history, memory, and myth-making in the Persian period / Jonathan Stökl -- New you see him, now you don't: Nabonidus in Jewish memory / Carol A. Newsom -- Remembering Cyrus the Persian: exploring monarchy and freedom in classical Greece / Lynette Mitchell |
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Part III. Remembering female characters. Tamar, from victim to mother of a dynasty / Yairah Amit -- Ruth: the art of memorizing past enemies, ambiguously / Athalya Brenner -- Why remember Jezebel? / Carey Walsh |
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Part IV. Remembering prophets. Exploring the memory of Moses 'the prophet' in late Persian/early Hellenistic Yehud/Judah / Ehud Ben Zvi -- Isaiah, a memorable prophet: why was Isaiah so memorable in the late Persian/early Hellenistic periods? : some observations / Ehud Ben Zvi -- Remembering Jeremiah in the Persian period / Mark Leuchter -- The memory of Ezekiel in postmonarchic Yehud / Christophe Nihan |
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Part V. Additional and complementary methodological considerations. Reflections on a cognitive theory of culture and a theory of formalized language for late biblical studies / David H. Aaron |
| Summary |
Social memory studies offer an under-utilised lens through which to approach the texts of the Hebrew Bible. In this volume, the range of associations and symbolic values evoked by twenty-one characters representing ancestors and founders, kings, female characters, and prophets are explored by a group of international scholars |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| SUBJECT |
Bible. Hebrew -- Biography
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Bible. Hebrew -- Criticism, interpretation, etc
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Bible fast |
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Collective memory.
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RELIGION -- Biblical Studies -- Old Testament.
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RELIGION -- Judaism -- Sacred Writings.
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Collective memory
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| Genre/Form |
Biographies
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Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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Biographies.
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Biographies.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Edelman, Diana Vikander, 1954- editor.
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Ben Zvi, Ehud, 1951- editor.
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| ISBN |
9780191641114 |
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0191641111 |
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129979369X |
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9781299793699 |
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9780191748462 |
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0191748463 |
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