From Babylon to Eternity

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A01=Alex Cannegieter
A01=Anne-Mareike Wetter
A01=Bob Becking
A01=Wilfred van der Poll
ancient near eastern studies
Augustine's De Civitate Dei
Augustine’s De Civitate Dei
Author_Alex Cannegieter
Author_Anne-Mareike Wetter
Author_Bob Becking
Author_Wilfred van der Poll
babylonian
Babylonian Exile
Babylonian Period
babylonica
bible
biblical narrative analysis
captivitate
captivity
Category=QRMF19
Cyrus Cylinder
Darius II
De Captivitate Babylonica Ecclesiae
De Civitate Dei
Earthly City
ecclesiae
Education Education Education
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eq_isMigrated=2
eq_nobargain
exile
exilic literature interpretation
hebrew
Holy Men
Intertextual Analysis
Ishmael Son
Israel's Faith
Israel’s Faith
jewish historiography
Judah Halevi
Liber Sine Nomine
Lurian Thinking
nomine
Persian Period
post-exilic tradition development
religious identity formation
Saadia Gaon
sine
Sine Nomine
Super Flumina Babylonis
theological memory construction
Thirteenth Century CE
Twentieth Century CE
Van Wolde
YHWH's People
YHWH’s People
Young Men

Product details

  • ISBN 9781845533069
  • Weight: 181g
  • Dimensions: 156 x 234mm
  • Publication Date: 08 Jun 2010
  • Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
  • Publication City/Country: GB
  • Product Form: Paperback
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This book takes the reader in wider circles from Babylon to Eternity and deals with the appropriation of the exilic motif in Jewish texts. It examines the way the exilic tradition–interpreting the Exile as a religious experience – was created by the writers of the Hebrew Bible.
Bob Becking studied Theology and Semitic Languages at Utrecht University. After ten years of parish ministry, he returned to his alma mater, where he was appointed Ordinary Professor of Old Testament Study in 1991. Since 2008 he has been a Senior Research Professor for Bible, Religion and Identity at Utrecht University. Alex Cannegieter read Classical Archaeology at the University of Leiden. Since 2001 she has studied Theology at the University of Utrecht, and has completed a Master’s Degree in Theology. Wilfred van de Poll began his theological education in Leuven, Belgium. He has completed a Research Master in Theology at Utrecht University, in the field of Old Testament Studies. Anne-Mareike Wetter has a Master’s Degree in Theology from Utrecht University. She specializes in Old Testament and Gender Studies and is working on a PhD-project on gender, ethnicity and religion in post-exilic literature.

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