Sacred Time, Sacred Place: Archaeology and the Religion of Israel

Published by Penn State University Press 2002

Sacred Time, Sacred Place

Archaeology and the Religion of Israel

Edited by: Barry M. Gittlen

https://doi.org/10.1515/9781575065274

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Thirteen essays from an ASOR symposium on the relationship among archaeology, text and our understanding of ancient Israelite religion. Contributors include: J. Z. Smith, W. G. Dever, Z. Zevit, K. van der Toorn, J. M. Sasson, E. Bloch-Smith, S. Gitin, B. A. Levine, W. T. Pitard, T. J. Lewis, and B. M. Gittlen.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	v
Abbreviations Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
Archaeology and the Religion of Israel Barry M. Gittlen Publicly Available Download PDF	xi
Part I. Charting the Course: The Relationship between Text and Artifact
Religion Up and Down, Out and In Jonathan Z. Smith Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
Theology, Philology, and Archaeology: In the Pursuit of Ancient Israelite Religion William G. Dever Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	11
Philology and Archaeology: Imagining New Questions, Begetting New Ideas Ziony Zevit Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	35
Part II. Prayers in Clay: A Multidisciplinary Approach to Figurines
Israelite Figurines: A View from the Texts Karel van der Toorn Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	45
On the Use of Images in Israel and the Ancient Near East: A Response to Karel van der Toorn Jack M. Sasson Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	63
Part III. The Mythology of Sacred Space: Structure and Structuralism
Preamble to a Temple Tour Ziony Zevit Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	73
Solomon’s Temple: The Politics of Ritual Space Elizabeth Bloch-Smith Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	83
The Four-Horned Altar and Sacred Space: An Archaeological Perspective Seymour Gitin Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	95
Ritual as Symbol: Modes of Sacrifice in Israelite Religion Baruch A. Levine Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	125
Part IV. Death in the Life of Israel
Death in the Life of Israel Elizabeth Bloch-Smith Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	139
Tombs and Offerings: Archaeological Data and Comparative Methodology in the Study of Death in Israel Wayne T. Pitard Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	145
How Far Can Texts Take Us? Evaluating Textual Sources for Reconstructing Ancient Israelite Beliefs about the Dead Theodore J. Lewis Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	169
Indexes
Index of Authors Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	219
Index of Scripture Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	225

Language: English
Publisher: Penn State University Press
Audience: Professional and scholarly;
Pages
- Main content: 240

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Published: June 23, 2002
ISBN: 9781575065274