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Urban Imagination in Biblical Prophecy

By Mary E. Mills

Book information

Publisher
Bloomsbury Academic & Professional
Year
2014
ISBN
9780567592149, 9780567205049
LCC
BS1199.C55 -- M55 2012eb
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
1 MB (1206731 bytes)
Series
The Library of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament Studies
Edition
1
Pages
265\265
Time added
2023-08-03 23:07:25
Bible. -- O.T. -- Prophets -- Criticismetc. ; Cities and towns in the Bible.interpretation

Description

This volume brings together aspects of contemporary study of cultural geography and selected passages from prophetic texts of the Hebrew Bible/ Old Testament. The aim is to identify how the image of the city helps to construct meaning inside the biblical material. In order to carry out this task relevant textual narratives are analysed and then read from the viewpoint of space, place and urban studies. This latter category includes the works of Lefebvre, Bachelard, Soja, Massey, Amin and Thrift and Pile, among others. A major finding is that urban imagination is a tool by which the texts manage the experience of political and social events in a time of radical change.

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