Memory and the city in ancient Israel /
Memory and the city in ancient Israel /
edited by Diana V. Edelman and Ehud Ben Zvi.
- 1 online resource.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Part 1. Opening the gates : an introduction and invitation to join the conversation about cities and memory / Ehud Ben Zvi -- Cities of glory and cities of pride : concepts, gender and images of cities in Mesopotamia and in ancient Israel / Stephanie Anthonioz -- Part 2. Crossing the gates and entering into the city (of memory) memories of urban places and spaces testing entry : the social functions of city-gates in Biblical memory / Carey Walsh -- Inside-outside : domestic living space in Biblical memory / Anne Katrine Gudme -- Threshing floors and cities / Francis Landy -- Palaces as sites of memory and their impact on the construction of an elite "hybrid" (local-global) cultural identity in Persian period literature / Kare Berge -- City gardens and parks in Biblical social memory / Diana Edelman -- In defense of the city : memories of water in the Persian period / Karolien Vermeulen -- Cisterns and wells in Biblical memory / Hadi Ghantous and Diana Edelman -- Part 3. Individual cities and social memory : exploring Jerusalem as a site of memory in the late Persian and early Hellenistic period / Ehud Ben Zvi -- The memory of Samaria in the Books of Kings / Russell Hobson -- How to slander the memory of Shechem / Yairah Amit -- Mizpah and the possibilities of forgetting / Daniel Pioske -- Dislocating Jerusalem's memory with Tyre / Philippe Guillaume -- Nineveh as meme in Persian period Yehud / Steven W. Holloway -- "Babylon" forever, or, How to divinize what you want to damn / Ulrike Sals -- Building castles on the shifting sands of memory : from dystopian to utopian views of Jerusalem in the Persian period / Carla Sulzbach.
9781575067124 1575067129
2014039889
To 1500
Cities and towns, Ancient--Palestine.
Civilization, Ancient.
City planning--History--Palestine--To 1500.
City planning--Social aspects--History--Palestine--To 1500.
Public spaces--History--Palestine--To 1500.
POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / City Planning & Urban Development
Cities and towns, Ancient.
City planning.
City planning--Social aspects.
Civilization.
Civilization, Ancient.
Public spaces.
Palestine--Civilization--To 1500.
Middle East--Palestine.
Electronic books.
History.
HT147.P27
307.76095694
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Part 1. Opening the gates : an introduction and invitation to join the conversation about cities and memory / Ehud Ben Zvi -- Cities of glory and cities of pride : concepts, gender and images of cities in Mesopotamia and in ancient Israel / Stephanie Anthonioz -- Part 2. Crossing the gates and entering into the city (of memory) memories of urban places and spaces testing entry : the social functions of city-gates in Biblical memory / Carey Walsh -- Inside-outside : domestic living space in Biblical memory / Anne Katrine Gudme -- Threshing floors and cities / Francis Landy -- Palaces as sites of memory and their impact on the construction of an elite "hybrid" (local-global) cultural identity in Persian period literature / Kare Berge -- City gardens and parks in Biblical social memory / Diana Edelman -- In defense of the city : memories of water in the Persian period / Karolien Vermeulen -- Cisterns and wells in Biblical memory / Hadi Ghantous and Diana Edelman -- Part 3. Individual cities and social memory : exploring Jerusalem as a site of memory in the late Persian and early Hellenistic period / Ehud Ben Zvi -- The memory of Samaria in the Books of Kings / Russell Hobson -- How to slander the memory of Shechem / Yairah Amit -- Mizpah and the possibilities of forgetting / Daniel Pioske -- Dislocating Jerusalem's memory with Tyre / Philippe Guillaume -- Nineveh as meme in Persian period Yehud / Steven W. Holloway -- "Babylon" forever, or, How to divinize what you want to damn / Ulrike Sals -- Building castles on the shifting sands of memory : from dystopian to utopian views of Jerusalem in the Persian period / Carla Sulzbach.
9781575067124 1575067129
2014039889
To 1500
Cities and towns, Ancient--Palestine.
Civilization, Ancient.
City planning--History--Palestine--To 1500.
City planning--Social aspects--History--Palestine--To 1500.
Public spaces--History--Palestine--To 1500.
POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / City Planning & Urban Development
Cities and towns, Ancient.
City planning.
City planning--Social aspects.
Civilization.
Civilization, Ancient.
Public spaces.
Palestine--Civilization--To 1500.
Middle East--Palestine.
Electronic books.
History.
HT147.P27
307.76095694
