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The minor prophets’ relation to the Torah and former prophets
(Oxford University Press, 2021-02)This essay tracks references to Israel’s past in the Minor Prophets as one avenue into exploring their connections to the Torah and Former Prophets, while also observing ways in which shared or similar traditions shape ... -
Matrices of motherhood in Judges 5
(SAGE, 2019-05-07)In Judges 5, patterns of motherhood weave throughout the poem, forming an intrinsic component of the fabric of the text. In pursuing these threads, I focus on the construction of Deborah as ‘mother in Israel’, both through ... -
Discovering Babylon (Preface)
(Taylor & Francis, 2019)This volume presents Babylon as it has been passed down through Western culture: through the Bible, classical texts, in Medieval travel accounts, and through depictions of the Tower motif in art. It then details the discovery ... -
Beginning discovery (Chapter 1)
(Taylor & Francis, 2019)After lying buried in the ground for over 2000 years, the remains of ancient Babylon were excavated around 100 years ago. Yet, even after its discovery the city remains enveloped in a web of myth, and occupies a unique ... -
The discovery of Mesopotamia (Chapter 5)
(Taylor & Francis, 2019)The 19th century’s archaeological discovery of Mesopotamia took place in the context of Enlightenment ideals, European nationalism, and the race to colonize both new lands and their ancient pasts. Assyria was the first ... -
Back to the future (Chapter 9)
(Taylor & Francis, 2019)The final chapter assesses the impact of the encounter between the received Babylon and the excavated Babylon on our knowledge and understanding of Babylon. The discussion leads into a reflection on the significance of ... -
Babel and Bible (Chapter 7)
(Taylor & Francis, 2019)History writing also has its own history—historiography—and two of the debates that followed in the wake of new knowledge about ancient Babylon were that concerning the discovery of Mesopotamian creation myths (particularly ... -
Babylon's resurrection (Chapter 8)
(Taylor & Francis, 2019)The archaeological remains from Babylon were transported to Berlin and displayed in a monumental exhibit there. In describing the process of building the exhibit, the chapter touches on the responsibilities of archaeological ... -
From the sources of Babylon (Chapter 6)
(Taylor & Francis, 2019)The newly excavated archaeological remains and texts made it possible to assemble a sketch of Babylonian history and society based on its own sources. Babylon was a political power for over 2000 years, and we can now tell ... -
Biblical Babylon (Chapter 2)
(Taylor & Francis, 2019)The biblical texts about the Tower of Babel, the Babylonian kingdom, and Nebuchadnezzar have shaped our images of Babylon for over 2000 years. The prophets’ devastating speeches and the trauma of the Exile to Babylon may ... -
European visions of Babylon (Chapter 3)
(Taylor & Francis, 2019)Depictions of the Tower of Babel open a window on how custodians of the biblical heritage visualized Babylon, in cathedral art and manuscript illustrations. Through hundreds of years of Western culture, Babylon lived on ... -
Ad fontes? Babylon of the Greeks (Chapter 4)
(Taylor & Francis, 2019)With the Renaissance discovery of the accounts of ancient authors such as Herodotus came descriptions of the physical landscape of ancient Mesopotamia. Ancient Greek texts expanded knowledge about Babylon, but time proved ... -
Discovering Babylon
(Taylor & Francis, 2019)This volume presents Babylon as it has been passed down through Western culture: through the Bible, classical texts, in Medieval travel accounts, and through depictions of the Tower motif in art. It then details the discovery ... -
Holy Men in Space (Chapter 1)
(Oxford University Press, 2017-09-05)Constructions of Space III engages with the great variety of sacred spaces set out and given meaning in the texts of the Hebrew Bible, early Jewish literature and the New Testament. Spatial-critical, as well as anthropological, ... -
Jonah's complexes and our own: psychology and the interpretation of the Book of Jonah
(SAGE Publications Ltd., 2016-12-01)This article employs attribution theory to investigate why readers have made such widely varying judgments concerning the character Jonah. This branch of social psychology examines the ways in which we go about judging ... -
Prayers for Sigd: Psalm 122 inserts
(OpenCharm LLC, 2014-05-01)Sigd is a Jewish holiday on Cheshvan 29 found only in the Ethiopian community. This is a Law-giving holiday with strong connections to a return to Jerusalem through following the Law. The community assembles on a hilltop ... -
The lectionary as a guide to thinking about poverty
(SAGE Publications, 2014-01)If a church uses a lectionary as its guide for worship and preaching, how likely is it to address the problem of poverty? If it does address this question, toward what answers does the lectionary guide the preacher? Using ... -
Bad for business: Luther against the papacy
(Wichita State University. Graduate School, 2009-05-01)This paper analyzes Martin Luther's criticism of increasingly corrupt church practices, including, the papacy's granting of indulgences, the promotion of pilgrimage, the preservation and exploitation of relics, the cult ... -
Pilgrimage and its effects on San Paolo fuori le mura during the Middle Ages
(Wichita State University. Graduate School., 2008-04-25)The purpose of this paper is to examine the history of San Paolo fuori le mura (Saint Paul’s Outside the Walls), the basilica in Rome dedicated to St. Paul, in order to demonstrate the impact that pilgrimage had on the ...
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