Julia Rhyder
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Yitzhaq Feder deposited Disgust, Disease and Defilement: The Experiential Basis for Akkadian and Hittite Terms for Pollution on Humanities Commons 8 years, 9 months ago
This article challenges the common tendency in modern research to treat impurity
as a religious phenomenon divorced from mundane concerns. Employing the
cross-cultural psychological notion of “contagion,” this investigation examines
the usage of terms for pollution and purity in Hittite and Akkadian as they relate
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Yitzhaq Feder deposited Contagion and Cognition: Bodily Experience and the Conceptualization of Pollution (ṭum’ah) in the Hebrew Bible on Humanities Commons 8 years, 9 months ago
In this study, I apply embodiment theory as a framework for reconstructing the origins of the Israelite notion of pollution (ṭum’ah). Despite the fact that the Hebrew Bible describes a diverse array of sources of pollution – including bodily conditions, moral offenses and foreign cult practices, most modern studies attempt to find a single organ…[Read more]
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Yitzhaq Feder's profile was updated on Humanities Commons 8 years, 9 months ago
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Yitzhaq Feder's profile was updated on Humanities Commons 8 years, 9 months ago
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Ian Wilson deposited Conquest and Form: Narrativity in Joshua 5-11 and Historical Discourse in Ancient Judah in the group
Historiography on Humanities Commons 8 years, 9 months agoOne goal of this essay is to offer an exploratory, historiographical analysis of the conquest account in the book of Joshua, an analysis that focuses upon the sociocultural milieu of ancient Judah. I propose to show how this narrative of conquest might have contributed to discourse(s) among the literate Judean community that perpetuated the text,…[Read more]
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Ian Wilson deposited Conquest and Form: Narrativity in Joshua 5-11 and Historical Discourse in Ancient Judah in the group
Biblical Studies on Humanities Commons 8 years, 9 months agoOne goal of this essay is to offer an exploratory, historiographical analysis of the conquest account in the book of Joshua, an analysis that focuses upon the sociocultural milieu of ancient Judah. I propose to show how this narrative of conquest might have contributed to discourse(s) among the literate Judean community that perpetuated the text,…[Read more]
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Ian Wilson deposited Conquest and Form: Narrativity in Joshua 5-11 and Historical Discourse in Ancient Judah in the group
Ancient Near East on Humanities Commons 8 years, 9 months agoOne goal of this essay is to offer an exploratory, historiographical analysis of the conquest account in the book of Joshua, an analysis that focuses upon the sociocultural milieu of ancient Judah. I propose to show how this narrative of conquest might have contributed to discourse(s) among the literate Judean community that perpetuated the text,…[Read more]
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Ian Wilson deposited Conquest and Form: Narrativity in Joshua 5-11 and Historical Discourse in Ancient Judah in the group
Ancient Jew Review on Humanities Commons 8 years, 9 months agoOne goal of this essay is to offer an exploratory, historiographical analysis of the conquest account in the book of Joshua, an analysis that focuses upon the sociocultural milieu of ancient Judah. I propose to show how this narrative of conquest might have contributed to discourse(s) among the literate Judean community that perpetuated the text,…[Read more]
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Ian Wilson deposited Yahweh’s Consciousness: Isaiah 40-48 and Ancient Judean Historical Thought in the group
History on Humanities Commons 8 years, 9 months agoThis essay works toward three goals. First, it lays some groundwork for researching prophetic literature as a source for ancient Judean historical thought. Prophetic literature reveals a great deal about how ancient Judeans thought about and with their past, as it was represented in their literary repertoire. Second, it examines Isaiah 40-48, to…[Read more]
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Ian Wilson deposited Yahweh’s Consciousness: Isaiah 40-48 and Ancient Judean Historical Thought in the group
Biblical Studies on Humanities Commons 8 years, 9 months agoThis essay works toward three goals. First, it lays some groundwork for researching prophetic literature as a source for ancient Judean historical thought. Prophetic literature reveals a great deal about how ancient Judeans thought about and with their past, as it was represented in their literary repertoire. Second, it examines Isaiah 40-48, to…[Read more]
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Ian Wilson deposited Yahweh’s Consciousness: Isaiah 40-48 and Ancient Judean Historical Thought in the group
Ancient Near East on Humanities Commons 8 years, 9 months agoThis essay works toward three goals. First, it lays some groundwork for researching prophetic literature as a source for ancient Judean historical thought. Prophetic literature reveals a great deal about how ancient Judeans thought about and with their past, as it was represented in their literary repertoire. Second, it examines Isaiah 40-48, to…[Read more]
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Ian Wilson deposited Yahweh’s Consciousness: Isaiah 40-48 and Ancient Judean Historical Thought in the group
Ancient Jew Review on Humanities Commons 8 years, 9 months agoThis essay works toward three goals. First, it lays some groundwork for researching prophetic literature as a source for ancient Judean historical thought. Prophetic literature reveals a great deal about how ancient Judeans thought about and with their past, as it was represented in their literary repertoire. Second, it examines Isaiah 40-48, to…[Read more]
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Ian Wilson deposited Paradoxes, Enigma and Professorship: An interview with Francis Landy on the occasion of his retirement from the University of Alberta (University of Alberta Religious Studies Spring Newsletter 2014) in the group
Religious Studies on Humanities Commons 8 years, 9 months agoAn interview with Francis Landy on the occasion of his retirement from the University of Alberta
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Ian Wilson deposited Paradoxes, Enigma and Professorship: An interview with Francis Landy on the occasion of his retirement from the University of Alberta (University of Alberta Religious Studies Spring Newsletter 2014) in the group
Biblical Studies on Humanities Commons 8 years, 9 months agoAn interview with Francis Landy on the occasion of his retirement from the University of Alberta
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Ian Wilson deposited Paradoxes, Enigma and Professorship: An interview with Francis Landy on the occasion of his retirement from the University of Alberta (University of Alberta Religious Studies Spring Newsletter 2014) in the group
Ancient Near East on Humanities Commons 8 years, 9 months agoAn interview with Francis Landy on the occasion of his retirement from the University of Alberta
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Ian Wilson deposited Paradoxes, Enigma and Professorship: An interview with Francis Landy on the occasion of his retirement from the University of Alberta (University of Alberta Religious Studies Spring Newsletter 2014) in the group
Ancient Jew Review on Humanities Commons 8 years, 9 months agoAn interview with Francis Landy on the occasion of his retirement from the University of Alberta
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Ian Wilson deposited Review of Transforming Literature into Scripture: Texts as Cult Objects at Nineveh and Qumran by Russell Hobson in the group
Religious Studies on Humanities Commons 8 years, 9 months agoReview of Transforming Literature into Scripture: Texts as Cult Objects at Nineveh and Qumran by Russell Hobson
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Ian Wilson deposited Review of Transforming Literature into Scripture: Texts as Cult Objects at Nineveh and Qumran by Russell Hobson in the group
Biblical Studies on Humanities Commons 8 years, 9 months agoReview of Transforming Literature into Scripture: Texts as Cult Objects at Nineveh and Qumran by Russell Hobson
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Ian Wilson deposited Review of Transforming Literature into Scripture: Texts as Cult Objects at Nineveh and Qumran by Russell Hobson in the group
Ancient Near East on Humanities Commons 8 years, 9 months agoReview of Transforming Literature into Scripture: Texts as Cult Objects at Nineveh and Qumran by Russell Hobson
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