TY  - BOOK
ED  - Ahuvia, Mika
ED  - Kocar, Alexander
PY  - 2018
DA  - 2018//
TI  - Placing ancient texts: the ritual and rhetorical use of space
T3  - Texts and studies in ancient Judaism 174
PB  - Mohr Siebeck
CY  - Tübingen
AB  - In this volume, scholars of Judaism, Christianity, and late antique religion demonstrate how special attention to the ritual and rhetorical functions of space can improve modern interpretations of ancient literary, liturgical, and ritual texts. Each chapter is concerned with reconstructing the dynamic interaction between space and text. Demonstrating the pliability of the idea of space, the contributions span from Second Temple debates over Eden to Byzantine Christian hymnography. In so doing, they offer a number of answers to the seemingly simple question: What difference does space make for how modern scholars interpret ancient texts?
SN  - 316156376X
LA  - English
N1  - edited by Mika Ahuvia and Alexander Kocar
ID  - 1024514161
ER  -