Moving Order through Chaos: The Tabernacle as a Transitional Phenomenon
The tabernacle narratives (Exod-Num) contain some of the most detailed descriptions of a physical space in the Hebrew Bible. The materials and furnishings of the portable tabernacle are meticulously listed, and the placement of objects is relatively consistent. In this contribution, I explore the st...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
| Check availability: | HBZ Gateway |
| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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2025
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| In: |
Scandinavian journal of the Old Testament
Year: 2025, Volume: 39, Issue: 2, Pages: 245-260 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Exodus
/ Numeri
/ Tabernacle
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| Further subjects: | B
Travel
B Liminality B Transitional objects B Tabernacle B Virtuality B extended cognition B Assemblage (Art) |
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Volltext (lizenzpflichtig) |
| Summary: | The tabernacle narratives (Exod-Num) contain some of the most detailed descriptions of a physical space in the Hebrew Bible. The materials and furnishings of the portable tabernacle are meticulously listed, and the placement of objects is relatively consistent. In this contribution, I explore the stability created by organizing the tabernacle’s furnishings and focus on the tabernacle as a transitional phenomenon (Winnicott) created for a liminal forty-year period in the wilderness. I also explore how the tabernacle can be understood as an assemblage (Bennett) that reverberates with stability for the Israelites. Finally, I turn to the tabernacle as a virtual space that can establish order for the texts’ users and recipients. |
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| ISSN: | 1502-7244 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Scandinavian journal of the Old Testament
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1080/09018328.2025.2544510 |