Book contents
- The Bible Among Ruins
- The Bible Among Ruins
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- One On Ruins, Then and Now
- Two Shiloh and the Ruins of Memory
- Three The Ruins of Rachel’s Tomb and the Presence of the Past
- Four Jerusalem and the Ruins of Tomorrow
- Conclusion
- Bibliography
- Subject Index
- Scripture Index
One - On Ruins, Then and Now
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 11 October 2023
- The Bible Among Ruins
- The Bible Among Ruins
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- One On Ruins, Then and Now
- Two Shiloh and the Ruins of Memory
- Three The Ruins of Rachel’s Tomb and the Presence of the Past
- Four Jerusalem and the Ruins of Tomorrow
- Conclusion
- Bibliography
- Subject Index
- Scripture Index
Summary
Chapter one pursues a divide that will be consequential for the studies that follow. It begins by examining the ruined landscapes that would have been visible to the biblical writers in the 1st millennium BCE and how these remains are described, where references to ruins are many but descriptions of digging among them are absent. It then turns to the period when, quite suddenly in the 19th century CE, these same ruins begin to be excavated.
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- The Bible Among RuinsTime, Material Remains, and the World of the Biblical Writers, pp. 18 - 87Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2023