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The land without promise : the roots and afterlife of one biblical allusion

Title

The land without promise : the roots and afterlife of one biblical allusion / by Katerina Koci.

Author

Koci, Katerina

Publication

London ; New York : T&T Clark, 2021.
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Description

x, 265 pages; 25 cm.

Summary

"Katerina Koci charts the development of the Promised Land motif, starting from its biblical roots and examining its reception over the centuries until the present day"--

Series Statement

Library of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament studies, 2345-678X ; 709
Scriptural traces: Critical Persectives on the Reception and Influence of the Bible, 2513-8758 ; 29
T & T Clark library of biblical studies

Uniform Title

Library of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament studies ; 709.
Scriptural traces ; 29.
T & T Clark library of biblical studies.

Subject

Genre/Form

Informational works.

Bibliography (note)

Includes bibliographical references (pages 245-256) and indexes.

Contents

Bible and literature -- Aims and methods -- The role of artistic interpretation in biblical hermeneutics -- The role of art in the hermeneutical process -- The text and the reader: partners in dialogue -- The struggle between synchrony and diachrony -- The context and reception of the promised land motif in the Hebrew Bible and the New Testament -- A thematic analysis of the promised land in the Hebrew Bible -- An historical-critical analysis of Genesis 15:7 & Exodus 3: -- An historical-critical analysis of Genesis 15:1- -- An historical-critical analysis of Exodus 3:1- -- Reception of the promised land in the Hebrew Bible -- The Torah -- Deuteronomistic history -- The literary prophets to the end of the exile -- The Postexilic era -- Reception of the promised land in the New Testament -- The Gospels and Acts -- The Pauline Epistles -- The Non-Pauline Epistles -- The extra-biblical and post-biblical history of the promised land motif -- The history of biblical scholarship -- Antiquity -- Reformation -- Late tradition and application -- The history of literary scholarship -- Antiquity, the Middle Ages, and Reformation -- Late reception and application -- The history of religious communities in the American Episcopal Church -- The community of New England Puritans -- The American Episcopal community of later centuries -- Interpretations of the promised land motif by Walter Brueggemann and John Steinbeck -- Brueggemann's interpretation of the promised land motif -- The land as symbol and fascinans -- Brueggemann's land symbolism: between landlessness and landedness -- Curing one's conscience but what comes next? Brueggemann and liberation theology -- John Steinbeck's interpretation of the promised land motif -- Steinbeck as a biblical interpreter -- A foretaste of paradise: The Pastures of Heaven and Of Mice and Men -- Passion to possess: To a God Unknown -- Killing the land and marching further west: The Grapes of Wrath -- The soul's journey towards the promised land: East of Eden -- Conclusion -- Literal and/or allegorical faces of the promised land -- Steinbeck and Brueggemann -- Steinbeck's contribution to the interpretation of the promised land motif

Call Number

JFE 22-5297

ISBN

9780567696298
0567696294

LCCN

2021002343
40030768451
40030766753

OCLC

1235871735

Author

Koci, Katerina, author.

Title

The land without promise : the roots and afterlife of one biblical allusion / by Katerina Koci.

Publisher

London ; New York : T&T Clark, 2021.

Copyright Date

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Series

Library of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament studies, 2345-678X ; 709

Scriptural traces: Critical Persectives on the Reception and Influence of the Bible, 2513-8758 ; 29

T & T Clark library of biblical studies

Library of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament studies ; 709.

Scriptural traces ; 29.

T & T Clark library of biblical studies.

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references (pages 245-256) and indexes.

Other Form:

Online version: Koci, Katerina, The land without promise London ; New York : T&T Clark, 2021. 9780567696304 (DLC) 2021002344

Other Standard Identifier

40030768451

40030766753

Research Call Number

JFE 22-5297

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