Remembering Biblical figures in the late Persian and early Hellenistic periods : social memory and imagination

Remembering Biblical figures in the late Persian and early Hellenistic periods : social memory and imagination / edited by Diana V. Edelman and Ehud Ben Zvi.

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 grou...

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Other Authors: Edelman, Diana Vikander, 1954- (Editor), Ben Zvi, Ehud, 1951- (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2013.
Subjects:
Bible. > Hebrew > Biography.
Bible. > Hebrew > Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Bible
Collective memory.
RELIGION > Biblical Studies > Old Testament.
RELIGION > Judaism > Sacred Writings.
Collective memory
Biographies
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Biographies.
Online Access:Click for online access
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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.
Physical Description:1 online resource
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN:9780191641114
0191641111
129979369X
9781299793699
9780191748462
0191748463
Source of Description, Etc. Note:Print version record.

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