'Imagining' Biblical Worlds Studies in Spatial, Social and Historical Constructs in Honour of James W. Flanagan

by Gunn, David M.; McNutt, Paula

• ISBN13: 9780826461490
• ISBN10: 0826461492
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2003-01-01
• Publisher: Sheffield Academic Pr

Summary

The essays in this volume address the interface between biblical studies, archaeology, sociology and cultural anthropology, celebrating the pioneering work of James Flanagan. In particular, this collection explores various ways in which the real ancient world is constructed by the modern critical reader with the aid of various theoretical and practical tools. The contributors to this volume have all been involved with Flanagan and his projects during his academic career and the essays carry forward the important interdisciplinary agendas he has encouraged. Part One deals with his recent interest in spatiality and Part Two with social and historical constructs. This book in James Flanagan's honour represents a significant statement of research in an area of biblical and historical research that is increasingly important yet surprisingly under-represented.

Table of Contents

Abbreviations	vii
List of Contributors	ix
Introduction	1	(9)
Select Bibliography of James W. Flanagan	10	(4)
Part I SPATIAL CONSTRUCTS
JON L. BERQUIST
Critical Spatiality and the Construction of the Ancient World	14	(16)
PAULA M. MCNUTT
'Fathers of the Empty Spaces' and 'Strangers Forever': Social Marginality and the Construction of Space	30	(21)
DOUGLAS A. KNIGHT
Joshua 22 and the Ideology of Space	51	(13)
CLAUDIA V. CAMP
Storied Space, or, Ben Sira 'Tells' a Temple	64	(17)
PHILIP R. DAVIES
Space and Sects in the Qumran Scrolls	81	(18)
DAVID NOEL FREEDMAN AND SHAWNA DOLANSKY OVERTON
Omitting the Omissions: The Case for Haplography in the Transmission of the Biblical Texts	99	(12)
BURKE O. LONG
Embodied Typology: Modeling the Mosaic Tabernacle	111	(28)
DAVID M. GUNN
Covering David: Michelangelo's David from the Piazza della Signoria to my Refrigerator Door	139	(32)
TIMOTHY K. BEAL
Specters of Moses: Overtures to Biblical Hauntology	171	(19)
Part II SOCIAL AND HISTORICAL CONSTRUCTS
NORMAN K. GOTTWALD
Rethinking the Origins of Ancient Israel	190	(12)
JOHN M. HALLIGAN
'Where Angels Fear to Tread...' : An Account of the Development of the Social-Scientific Approach to the Study of the Ancient World	202	(17)
FRANK S. FRICK
Ritual and Social Regulation in Ancient Israel: The Importance of the Social Context for Ritual Studies and a Case Study-The Ritual of the Red Heifer	219	(14)
LOUISE A. HITCHCOCK
Levantine Horned Altars: An Aegean Perspective on the Transformation of Socio-Religious Reproduction	233	(17)
DAVID W. MCCREERY
Bronze Age Agriculture in the Dead Sea Basin: The Cases of Bâb edh-Dhrâ`, Numeira and Tell Nimrin	250	(14)
NIELS PETER LEMCHE
Chronology and Archives-When Does the History of Israel and Judah Begin?	264	(13)
KEITH W. WHITELAM
The Poetics of the History of Israel: Shaping Palestinian History	277	(20)
Bibliography	297	(30)
Index of References	327	(5)
Index of Authors	332