Reconstructing Realities from Biblical Utopias : Alien Readers and Dystopian Potentials
This article addresses two specific issues in reading the Hebrew Bible drawing on utopian theory: the possibility of reconstructing historical reality by reading a text as a utopia, and the variable of changing audiences throughout time and their impact on utopian readings.
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Format: | Electronic Article |
Language: | English |
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Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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2015
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In: |
Biblical interpretation
Year: 2015, Volume: 23, Issue: 2, Pages: 191-206 |
IxTheo Classification: | HB Old Testament ZB Sociology |
Further subjects: | B
Utopia
dystopia
Hebrew Bible
Numbers 13
promised land
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Volltext (lizenzpflichtig) |
Parallel Edition: | Non-electronic
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Summary: | This article addresses two specific issues in reading the Hebrew Bible drawing on utopian theory: the possibility of reconstructing historical reality by reading a text as a utopia, and the variable of changing audiences throughout time and their impact on utopian readings.
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Physical Description: | Online-Ressource |
ISSN: | 1568-5152 |
Contains: | In: Biblical interpretation
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Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1163/15685152-00232A03 |