Remembering Biblical Figures in the Late Persian and Early Hellenistic Periods: Social Memory and Imagination

Author:   Diana V. Edelman (Independent scholar) ,  Ehud Ben Zvi (Professor, History and Classics, University of Alberta)
Publisher:   Oxford University Press
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9780199664160


Pages:   542
Publication Date:   29 August 2013
Format:   Hardback
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Author:   Diana V. Edelman (Independent scholar) ,  Ehud Ben Zvi (Professor, History and Classics, University of Alberta)
Publisher:   Oxford University Press
Imprint:   Oxford University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 16.70cm , Height: 3.80cm , Length: 23.60cm
Weight:   0.962kg
ISBN:  

9780199664160


ISBN 10:   0199664161
Pages:   542
Publication Date:   29 August 2013
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Diana V. Edelman: Introduction I: Remembering Ancestors and Founders 1: Ehud Ben Zvi: The Memory of Abraham in Late Persian/Early Hellenistic Yehud/Judah 2: Raik Heckl: Remembering Jacob in the Late Persian/Early Hellenistic Era 3: Thomas C. Römer: Moses, the Royal Lawgiver 4: Philippe Guillaume: Exploring The Memory of Aaron in Late Persian/Early Hellenistic Period Yehud 5: Axel Knauf: Remembering Joshua II: Remembering Kings (Israelite and Foreigners) 6: Philip R. Davies: Saul, Hero and Villain 7: Diana V. Edelman: David in Israelite Social Memory 8: Niels-Peter Lemche: Solomon as Cultural Memory 9: Bob Becking: Between Realpolitiker and Hero of Faith: Memories on Hezekiah in Biblical Traditions and Beyond 10: Russell Hobson: The Memory of Sennacherib in Late Persian Yehud 11: Lowell Handy: Rehabilitating Manasseh: Remembering King Manasseh in the Persian and Hellenistic Periods 12: Joseph Blenkinsopp: Remembering Josiah 13: Jonathan Stökl: Nebuchadnezzar: History, Memory and Myth-Making in the Persian Period 14: Carol Newsom: Now You See Him, Now You Don t: Nabonidus in Jewish Memory 15: Lynette Mitchell: Remembering Cyrus the Persian: Exploring Monarchy and Freedom in Classical Greece III: Remembering Female Characters 16: Yairah Amit: Tamar, from Victim to Mother of a Dynasty 17: Athalya Brenner: Ruth: The Art of Memorising Past Enemies, Ambiguously 18: Why Remember Jezebela IV: Remembering Prophets 19: Ehud Ben Zvi: Exploring the Memory of Moses 'The Prophet' In Late Persian/Early Hellenistic Yehud/Judah 20: Isaiah a Memorable Prophet: Why Was Isaiah so Memorable in the Late Persian/Early Hellenistic Periodsa Some Observations 21: Mark Leuchter: Remembering Jeremiah in the Persian Period 22: Christophe Nihan: The Memory of Ezekiel in Postmonarchic Yehud V: Additional and Complementary Methodological Considerations 23: David H. Aaron: Reflections on a Cognitive Theory of Culture and a Theory of Formalised Language for Late Biblical Studies

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This collection can be recommended as a good way for those new to social memory to see how the theory works, while those who already know something about the subject can learn from the variety of approaches and modes of analsysis. Lester L. Grabbe, The Expository Times


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Diana V. Edelman is an independent scholar based in the UK. Her work focuses on the history, archaeology, literature and social memory of the ancient Southern Levant, especially in the Iron Age and the Persian period. Ehud Ben Zvi is a professor in History & Classics at the University of Alberta. He has authored or (co)-edited more than twenty volumes and written numerous essays primarily on ancient Israel, its intellectual history, social memory, historiography, and prophetic books.

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