RT Book
T1 Not scattered or confused: rethinking the urban world of the Hebrew Bible
A1 McEntire, Mark Harold 1960-
LA English
PP Louisville, Kentucky
PB Westminster John Knox Press
YR 2019
ED First edition
UL https://www.ixtheo.de/Record/1664712259
AB Building the world -- In the shadow of Nimrod: the primeval story and the mythic origins of cities -- Not in Ur anymore: the Israelite ancestors encounter urban life -- Building cities for Pharaoh: the Exodus story and engagement with empire -- Give us a king: the monarchy and the urbanization of Israel -- Plowed like a field: the destruction of Israel and the differentiation of city and empire -- Let them go up: rebuilding Jerusalem and reasserting the divine claim on urban life -- Cities reimagined: Jubilees and its response to Genesis' portrayal of city-building -- A citified text: the transformation of city-building in the Biblical tradition and its meaning for a modern, urban world.
AB "The Hebrew Bible displays a complicated attitude toward cities. Much of the story tells of a rural, agrarian society, yet those stories were written by people living in urban environments. Moreover, cities frequently appear in a negative light; the Hebrew slaves in the book of Exodus were forced to build cities, and the book of Samuel's critique of monarchy assumes an urban setting that supports that monarchy. At the same, time Ezra-Nehemiah makes restoration of Jerusalem and its wall a holy priority, and Genesis 1-11 (and subsequent references to the Primeval narrative) show a much more layered view of the dangers and opportunities of the urban context. As the world's population increasingly moves into cities, and we debate their impact on human life and the natural environment, it becomes increasingly important to know how the biblical writers understood the ways in which urban life enhances and disrupts human thriving. In this book, McEntire offers a comprehensive and hopeful understanding of the Bible and the city"--
NO Includes bibliographical references and indexes
CN BS1199.C55
SN 9780664262938
K1 Bible : Old Testament : Criticism, interpretation, etc
K1 Cities and towns in the Bible