Thinking of Water in the Early Second Temple Period (Beihefte Zur Zeitschrift Für die Alttestamentliche Wissensch)

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. Thinking Of Water In Late Persian/early Hellenistic Judah : An Exploration / Ehud Ben Zvi -- Sacred Springs And Liminal Rivers : Water And Prophecy In The Ancient Eastern Mediterranean / Martti Nissinen -- Water(s) Of Abundance In The Ancient Near East And In Hebrew Bible Texts : A Sign Of Kingship / Stéphanie Anthonioz -- The Nile In Biblical Memory / Diana Edelman -- Polluted, Bitter, And Sweet Water As A Matter Of Ethnic Identity-formation In Persian Yehud / Kåre Berge -- The Song Of The Sea And Isaiah : Exodus 15 In Post-monarchic Prophetic Discourse / Ian Douglas Wilson -- Imagining Water : The Overflowing Stream In Isa 66:12 / Sonya Kostamo -- 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 / Hermann-josef Stipp -- Drought And Locust Plague In Joel 1-2 / Christoph Levin -- Coping With Drought And Famine In Some Post-exilic Texts / Bob Becking -- Adad's Overflowing Scourge And The Weather God Of Zion : Observations On Motif History In Isa 28:14-18 / Reinhard Müller -- Thinking Of Water In The Book Of Job : A Fluvial Introduction To The Job Literature / Urmas Nõmmik -- Water In 1-2 Kings / Juha Pakkala -- Water Control And Royal Propaganda : Sennacherib's Boast In 2 Kgs 19:24 (= Isa 37:25) / William S. Morrow -- Manasseh In Paradise? : The Influence Of Ane Palace Garden Imagery In Lxx 2 Chronicles 33:20 / Louis Jonker -- Dew In The Enochic Literature / Peter Juhás -- Living Water By The Dead Sea : Some Water Metaphors In The Qumran Scrolls / Samuel I. Thomas -- The Fluid Boundaries Of Life, The Universe And Yahweh / James R. Linville -- Drawing Out Moses : Water As A Personal Motif Of The Biblical Character / Peter Sabo -- Fluvial Fantasies / Francis Landy. Edited By Ehud Ben Zvi And Christoph Levin. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. Foreword 5 Abbreviations 9 Introduction 17 Thinking of Water in Late Persian/Early Hellenistic Judah: An Exploration 27 Sacred Springs and Liminal Rivers: Water and Prophecy in the Ancient Eastern Mediterranean 45 Water(s) of Abundance in the Ancient Near East and in Hebrew Bible Texts: A Sign of Kingship 65 The Nile in Biblical Memory 93 Polluted, Bitter, and Sweet Water as a Matter of Ethnic Identity-Formation in Persian Yehud 119 The Song of the Sea and Isaiah: Exodus 15 in Post-monarchic Prophetic Discourse 139 Imagining Water: The Overflowing Stream in Isa 66:12 165 “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 183 Drought and Locust Plague in Joel 1–2 213 Coping with Drought and Famine in some Post-Exilic Texts 245 Adad’s Overflowing Scourge and the Weather God of Zion: Observations on Motif History in Isa 28:14–18 273 Thinking of Water in the Book of Job: A Fluvial Introduction to the Job Literature 295 Water in 1–2 Kings 315 Water Control and Royal Propaganda: Sennacherib’s Boast in 2 Kgs 19:24 (= Isa 37:25) 333 Manasseh in Paradise? The Influence of ANE Palace Garden Imagery in LXX 2 Chronicles 33:20 355 Dew in the Enochic Literature 375 Living Water by the Dead Sea: Some Water Metaphors in the Qumran Scrolls 391 The Fluid Boundaries of Life, the Universe and Yahweh 409 Drawing Out Moses: Water as a Personal Motif of the Biblical Character 425 Fluvial Fantasies 453 Author Index 473 Reference Index 487 In der Reihe Beihefte zur Zeitschrift für die alttestamentliche Wissenschaft (BZAW) erscheinen Arbeiten zu sämtlichen Gebieten der alttestamentlichen Wissenschaft. Im Zentrum steht die Hebräische Bibel, ihr Vor- und Nachleben im antiken Judentum sowie ihre vielfache Verzweigung in die benachbarten Kulturen der altorientalischen und hellenistisch-römischen Welt. Die BZAW akzeptiert Manuskriptvorschläge, die einen innovativen und signifikanten Beitrag zu Erforschung des Alten Testaments und seiner Umwelt leisten, sich intensiv mit der bestehenden Forschungsliteratur auseinandersetzen, stringent aufgebaut und flüssig geschrieben sind.

The series Beihefte zur Zeitschrift für die alttestamentliche Wissenschaft (BZAW) covers all areas of research into the Old Testament, focusing on the Hebrew Bible, its early and later forms in Ancient Judaism, as well as its branching into many neighboring cultures of the Ancient Near East and the Greco-Roman world.

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