Jewish Perceptions of Space in Antiquity
Hardback
Publication Date: 30/04/2019
Throughout history, the relationship between Jews and their land has been a vibrant, much-debated topic within the Jewish world and in international political discourse. Identity and Territory explores how ancient conceptions of Israel-of both the land itself and its shifting frontiers and borders-have played a decisive role in forming national and religious identities across the millennia. Through the works of Second Temple period Jews and rabbinic literature, Eyal Ben-Eliyahu examines the role of territorial status, boundaries, mental maps, and holy sites, drawing comparisons to popular Jewish and Christian perceptions of space. Showing how space defines nationhood and how Jewish identity influences perceptions of space, Ben-Eliyahu uncovers varied understandings of the land that resonate with contemporary views of the relationship between territory and ideology.
- ISBN:
- 9780520293601
- 9780520293601
- Category:
- Ancient history: to c 500 CE
- Format:
- Hardback
- Publication Date:
- 30-04-2019
- Publisher:
- University of California Press
- Country of origin:
- United States
- Pages:
- 216
- Dimensions (mm):
- 229x152x23mm
- Weight:
- 0.45kg
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