Thinking of Water in the Early Second Temple Period / / ed. by Ehud Ben Zvi, Christoph Levin.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter DGBA Backlist Complete English Language 2000-2014 PART1
• MitwirkendeR: Anthonioz, Stéphanie,; Becking, Bob,; Ben Zvi, Ehud,; Berge, Kåre,; Edelman, Diana,; Jonker, Louis,; Juhás, Peter,; Kostamo, Sonya,; Landy, Francis,; Levin, Christoph,; Linville, James R.,; Morrow, William S.,; Müller, Reinhard,; Nissinen, Martti,; Nõmmik, Urmas,; Pakkala, Juha,; Sabo, Peter,; Stipp, Hermann-Josef,; Thomas, Samuel I.,; Wilson, Ian Douglas,
• HerausgeberIn: Ben Zvi, Ehud,; Levin, Christoph,
• Place / Publishing House: Berlin ;, Boston : : De Gruyter, , [2014]; ©2014
• Year of Publication: 2014
• Language: English
• Series: Beihefte zur Zeitschrift für die alttestamentliche Wissenschaft , 461
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (485 p.)

Water is a vital resource and is widely acknowledged as such. Thus it often serves as an ideological and linguistic symbol that stands for and evokes concepts central within a community. This volume explores ‘thinking of water’ and concepts expressed through references to water within the symbolic system of the late Persian/early Hellenistic period and as it does so it sheds light on the social mindscape of the early Second Temple community.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Foreword -- Table of Contents -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- Thinking of Water in Late Persian/Early Hellenistic Judah: An Exploration -- Sacred Springs and Liminal Rivers: Water and Prophecy in the Ancient Eastern Mediterranean -- Water(s) of Abundance in the Ancient Near East and in Hebrew Bible Texts: A Sign of Kingship -- The Nile in Biblical Memory -- Polluted, Bitter, and Sweet Water as a Matter of Ethnic Identity-Formation in Persian Yehud -- The Song of the Sea and Isaiah: Exodus 15 in Post-monarchic Prophetic Discourse -- Imagining Water: The Overflowing Stream in Isa 66:12 -- “But into the Water You Must Not Dip It” (Jeremiah 13:1) – Methodological Reflections on How to Identify the Work of the Deuteronomistic Redaction in the Book of Jeremiah -- Drought and Locust Plague in Joel 1–2 -- Coping with Drought and Famine in some Post-Exilic Texts -- Adad’s Overflowing Scourge and the Weather God of Zion: Observations on Motif History in Isa 28:14–18 -- Thinking of Water in the Book of Job: A Fluvial Introduction to the Job Literature -- Water in 1–2 Kings -- Water Control and Royal Propaganda: Sennacherib’s Boast in 2 Kgs 19:24 (= Isa 37:25) -- Manasseh in Paradise? The Influence of ANE Palace Garden Imagery in LXX 2 Chronicles 33:20 -- Dew in the Enochic Literature -- Living Water by the Dead Sea: Some Water Metaphors in the Qumran Scrolls -- The Fluid Boundaries of Life, the Universe and Yahweh -- Drawing Out Moses: Water as a Personal Motif of the Biblical Character -- Fluvial Fantasies -- Author Index -- Reference Index