Conceptualizing Biblical Cities: A Stylistic Study

by Karolien Vermeulen

Book Overview

This book offers a comprehensive treatment of the city image in the Hebrew Bible, with specific attention to stylistics. By engaging with spatial theory (Lefebvre 1974, Soja 1996), the author develops a new framework to analyse the concept of 'city', arguing that a set of conceptual images defines the Biblical Hebrew city, each of them constructed using the same linguistic toolkit. Contrary to previous studies, the book shows that biblical...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3030452727
• ISBN13: 9783030452728
• Release Date: July 2021
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 275 Pages
• Weight: 0.84 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.8" x 8.3"