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. Christoph Levin: Introduction Ehud Ben Zvi: Thinking of Water in Late Persian/Early Hellenistic Judah: An Exploration Martti Nissinen: Sacred Springs and Liminal Rivers: Water and Prophecy in the Ancient Eastern Mediterranean Stéphanie Anthonioz: Water(s) of Abundance in the Ancient Near East and in Hebrew Bible Texts: A Sign of Kingship Diana Edelman: The Nile in Biblical Memory Kåre Berge: Polluted, Bitter, and Sweet Water as a Matter of Ethnic Identity-Formation in Persian Yehud Ian Douglas Wilson: The Song of the Sea and Isaiah: Exodus 15 in Post-monarchic Prophetic Discourse Sonya Kostamo: Imagining Water: The Overflowing Stream in Isa 66:12 Hermann-Josef Stipp: “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 Christoph Levin: Drought and Locust Plague in Joel 1-2 Bob Becking: Coping with Drought and Famine in some Post-Exilic Texts Reinhard Müller: Adad’s Overflowing Scourge and the Weather God of Zion: Observations on Motif History in Isa 28:14-18 Urmas Nõmmik: Thinking of Water in the Book of Job: A Fluvial Introduction to the Job Literature Juha Pakkala: Water in 1-2 Kings William S. Morrow: Water Control and Royal Propaganda: Sennacherib’s Boast in 2 Kgs 19:24 (= Isa 37:25) Louis Jonker: Manasseh in Paradise? The Influence of ANE Palace Garden Imagery in LXX 2 Chronicles 33:20 Peter Juhás: Dew in the Enochic Literature Samuel I. Thomas: Living Water by the Dead Sea: Some Water Metaphors in the Qumran Scrolls James R. Linville: The Fluid Boundaries of Life, the Universe and Yahweh Peter Sabo: Drawing Out Moses: Water as a Personal Motif of the Biblical Character Francis Landy: Fluvial Fantasies