Holy Places in Biblical and Extrabiblical Traditions

Proceedings of the Bonn-Leiden-Oxford Colloquium on Biblical Studies
English summary: Religion is beyond doubt inseparably connected with questions about holy locations and places. These places gain their meaning not by their physical determination, but by human construction. The contributions of this volume try to shape this phenomenon for selected texts of the Old and New Testament and of Philo of Alexandria. In doing so, they inevitably shed light on central theological issues of these texts. Geographically speaking the Arabaic Peninsula and the Greek Isles, but also Mesopotamia are brought in as outmost areas, which contain Jerusalem in the middle, but could also contain places such as a mountain, temple, or even a bed of a praying man. German description: Religion ist untrennbar mit der Frage nach heiligen Statten und religiosen Raumen verbunden. Dabei gewinnen diese Orte ihre Bedeutung weniger aus bestimmten physischen Gegebenheiten als durch sprachliche und gesellschaftliche Konstruktion. Dieser Bedeutung versuchen die Beitrage dieses Bandes an ausgewahlten Texten des Alten und des Neuen Testaments und zu Philo von Alexandrien nachzugehen. Dabei fordern sie in der Beschreibung der virtuellen Topographie zugleich theologische und religiose Kernaussagen der Texte zutage. Geographisch gesprochen bewegt sich der Band zwischen Mesopotamien und der Arabischen Halbinsel uber Jerusalem bis zu den Griechischen Inseln - wobei auch Orte wie der Berg, der Tempel - aber auch das Bett des Beters enthalten sind. Read more Continue reading Read less ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Dr Jochen Flebbe is private lecturer for New Testament at Bonn University. Read more Continue reading Read less

Contributor: Jochen Flebbe (Edited by), Uwe Baumann (Consultant editor), Ian Boxall (Contributions by), Hywel Clifford (Contributions by), Megan Daffern (Contributions by), Axel Graupner (Contributions by), Dominik Markl (Contributions by), Hildegard Scherer (Contributions by), Andrea Spans (Contributions by), Till Magnus Steiner (Contributions by), Nikolai Tischler (Contributions by), Casey A. Strine (Contributions by), Jochen Flebbe (Foreword by), Jochen Flebbe (Introduction by), Jochen Flebbe (Contributions by)

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