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Literary Construction of Identity in the Ancient World Proceedings of the Conference Literary Fiction and the Construction of Identity in Ancient Literatures: Options and Limits of Modern Literary Approach

Liss Hanna Oeming Manfred
Innbundet / 2010 / Engelsk

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9781575061900
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2010-06-30
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Literary Construction of Identity in the Ancient World Proceedings of the Conference Literary Fiction and the Construction of Identity in Ancient Literatures: Options and Limits of Modern Literary Approach

Liss Hanna Oeming Manfred
Innbundet / 2010 / Engelsk
Liss Hanna Oeming Manfred
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Encountering an ancient text not only as a historical source but also as a literary artifact entails an important paradigm shift, which in recent years has taken place in classical and Oriental philology. Biblical scholars, Egyptologists, and classical philologists have been pioneers in supplementing traditional historical-critical exegesis with more-literary approaches. This has led to a wealth of new insights. While the methodological consequences of this shift have been discussed within each discipline, until recently there has not been an attempt to discuss its validity and methodology on an interdisciplinary level. In 2006, the Faculty of Bible and Biblical Interpretation at the Hochschule für Jüdische Studien, Heidelberg, and the Faculty of Theology at the University of Heidelberg invited scholars from the U.S., Canada, the Netherlands, Israel, and Germany to examine these issues. Under the title “Literary Fiction and the Construction of Identity in Ancient Literatures: Options and Limits of Modern Literary Approaches in the Exegesis of Ancient Texts,” experts in Egyptology, classical philology, ancient Near Eastern studies, biblical studies, Jewish studies, literary studies, and comparative religion came together to present current research and debate open questions.At this conference, each representative (from a total of 23 different disciplines) dealt with literary theory in regard to his or her area of research. The present volume organizes 17 of the resulting essays along 5 thematic lines that show how similar issues are dealt with in different disciplines: (1) Thinking of Ancient Texts as Literature, (2) The Identity of Authors and Readers, (3) Fiction and Fact, (4) Rereading Biblical Poetry, and (5) Modeling the Future by Reconstructing the Past.
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PrefaceAbbreviationsPart 1: Thinking of Ancient Texts as LiteratureMemory, Narration, Identity: Exodus as a Political Myth Jan AssmannNarrative Poetics and Hebrew Narrative: A Survey Joachim VetteIs There a Universal Genre of ‘Drama’? Conjectures on the Basis of ‘Dramatic’ Texts in Old Testament Prophecy, Attic Tragedy, and Egyptian Cult Plays Helmut UtzschneiderNarratology and the Classics: The Proof of the Pudding Irene J. F. de JongPart 2: The Identity of Authors and ReadersAncient Writers, Modern Readers, and King Ashurnasirpal’s Political Problems: An Exploration of the Possibility of Reading Ancient Texts Barbara N. PorterThe Achilles Heel of Reader-Response Criticism and the Concept of Reading Hermeneutics of Caution Christof HardmeierTell Me Who I Am: Reading the Alphabet of Ben Sira Dagmar Börner-KleinThe Powers of a Lost Subject: Reinventing a Poet’s Identity in Catullus’s Carmen Melanie MöllerPart 3: Fiction and FactForms of Talk in Hebrew Biblical Narrative: Negotiations, Interaction, and Sociocultural Context Frank H. PolakOf Mice and Men and Blood: The Laws of Ritual Purity in the Hebrew Bible Hanna LissFiction and Imagination in Early Christian Literature: The Acts of the Apostles as a Test Case Ute E. EisenFictions and Formulations: The Talmud and the Construction of Jewish Identity David KraemerAre Vocation Texts Fictional? On Hesiod’s Helicon Experience Geritt KlossPart 4: Rereading Biblical PoetryFrom Aristotle to Bakhtin: The Comedic and the Carnivalesque in a Biblical Tale Nehama AschkenasyWhere Is Isaiah in Isaiah? Francis LandyJob 28 and the Climax in Chapters 29-31: Crisis and Identity Jan FokkelmanPart 5: Modeling the Future by Reconstructing the PastSamuel’s ‘Farewell Speech’: Theme and Variation in 1 Samuel 12, Josephus, and Pseudo-Philo Joachim VetteThe Exile: Biblical Ideology and Its Postmodern Ideological Interpretation Adele BerlinIndexes
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Encountering an ancient text not only as a historical source but also as a literary artifact entails an important paradigm shift, which in recent years has taken place in classical and Oriental philology. Biblical scholars, Egyptologists, and classical philologists have been pioneers in supplementing traditional historical-critical exegesis with more-literary approaches. This has led to a wealth of new insights. While the methodological consequences of this shift have been discussed within each discipline, until recently there has not been an attempt to discuss its validity and methodology on an interdisciplinary level. In 2006, the Faculty of Bible and Biblical Interpretation at the Hochschule für Jüdische Studien, Heidelberg, and the Faculty of Theology at the University of Heidelberg invited scholars from the U.S., Canada, the Netherlands, Israel, and Germany to examine these issues. Under the title “Literary Fiction and the Construction of Identity in Ancient Literatures: Options and Limits of Modern Literary Approaches in the Exegesis of Ancient Texts,” experts in Egyptology, classical philology, ancient Near Eastern studies, biblical studies, Jewish studies, literary studies, and comparative religion came together to present current research and debate open questions.At this conference, each representative (from a total of 23 different disciplines) dealt with literary theory in regard to his or her area of research. The present volume organizes 17 of the resulting essays along 5 thematic lines that show how similar issues are dealt with in different disciplines: (1) Thinking of Ancient Texts as Literature, (2) The Identity of Authors and Readers, (3) Fiction and Fact, (4) Rereading Biblical Poetry, and (5) Modeling the Future by Reconstructing the Past.
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PrefaceAbbreviationsPart 1: Thinking of Ancient Texts as LiteratureMemory, Narration, Identity: Exodus as a Political Myth Jan AssmannNarrative Poetics and Hebrew Narrative: A Survey Joachim VetteIs There a Universal Genre of ‘Drama’? Conjectures on the Basis of ‘Dramatic’ Texts in Old Testament Prophecy, Attic Tragedy, and Egyptian Cult Plays Helmut UtzschneiderNarratology and the Classics: The Proof of the Pudding Irene J. F. de JongPart 2: The Identity of Authors and ReadersAncient Writers, Modern Readers, and King Ashurnasirpal’s Political Problems: An Exploration of the Possibility of Reading Ancient Texts Barbara N. PorterThe Achilles Heel of Reader-Response Criticism and the Concept of Reading Hermeneutics of Caution Christof HardmeierTell Me Who I Am: Reading the Alphabet of Ben Sira Dagmar Börner-KleinThe Powers of a Lost Subject: Reinventing a Poet’s Identity in Catullus’s Carmen Melanie MöllerPart 3: Fiction and FactForms of Talk in Hebrew Biblical Narrative: Negotiations, Interaction, and Sociocultural Context Frank H. PolakOf Mice and Men and Blood: The Laws of Ritual Purity in the Hebrew Bible Hanna LissFiction and Imagination in Early Christian Literature: The Acts of the Apostles as a Test Case Ute E. EisenFictions and Formulations: The Talmud and the Construction of Jewish Identity David KraemerAre Vocation Texts Fictional? On Hesiod’s Helicon Experience Geritt KlossPart 4: Rereading Biblical PoetryFrom Aristotle to Bakhtin: The Comedic and the Carnivalesque in a Biblical Tale Nehama AschkenasyWhere Is Isaiah in Isaiah? Francis LandyJob 28 and the Climax in Chapters 29-31: Crisis and Identity Jan FokkelmanPart 5: Modeling the Future by Reconstructing the PastSamuel’s ‘Farewell Speech’: Theme and Variation in 1 Samuel 12, Josephus, and Pseudo-Philo Joachim VetteThe Exile: Biblical Ideology and Its Postmodern Ideological Interpretation Adele BerlinIndexes
Les mer

Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9781575061900
Publisert
2010-06-30
Utgiver
Vendor
Eisenbrauns
Vekt
907 gr
Høyde
229 mm
Bredde
152 mm
Dybde
33 mm
Aldersnivå
P, 06
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Innbundet
Antall sider
384

Redaktør
Liss Hanna
Oeming Manfred

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