Physical and symbolic geography: Constructions of space and early christian identities
Horrell, D
Date: 1 December 2019
Article
Journal
Annali di Storia dell'Esegesi
Publisher
Centro Editoriale Dehoniano
Abstract
A link with a homeland, whether physical or symbolic, is often seen as characteristic of
ethnic groups, and a contrast is therefore commonly drawn between Jewish ethnic
particularism, tied to a particular land, and Christian universalism, that has no such
territorial connections. After briefly outlining some examples, particularly ...
A link with a homeland, whether physical or symbolic, is often seen as characteristic of
ethnic groups, and a contrast is therefore commonly drawn between Jewish ethnic
particularism, tied to a particular land, and Christian universalism, that has no such
territorial connections. After briefly outlining some examples, particularly from Philo
and Josephus, that illustrate the diversity of Jewish perspectives on homeland, the focus
turns to the construction of space and geographical ideology in two New Testament
authors: Paul and Hebrews. Here we find topocentric constructions of space that give
Jerusalem a central place, and indicate ongoing “symbolic attachment” to this
“homeland.”
Classics, Ancient History, Religion and Theology
Faculty of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences
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