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Ian Wilson deposited Faster than a speeding bullet, more powerful than a locomotive, able to rule by sense of smell! Superhuman Kingship in the Prophetic Books in the group
Biblical Studies on Humanities Commons 8 years, 9 months agoAn exploration of the Hebrew Bible’s prophetic literature vis-à-vis Science Fiction and Science Fiction theory
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Ian Wilson deposited Faster than a speeding bullet, more powerful than a locomotive, able to rule by sense of smell! Superhuman Kingship in the Prophetic Books in the group
Ancient Near East on Humanities Commons 8 years, 9 months agoAn exploration of the Hebrew Bible’s prophetic literature vis-à-vis Science Fiction and Science Fiction theory
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Ian Wilson deposited Faster than a speeding bullet, more powerful than a locomotive, able to rule by sense of smell! Superhuman Kingship in the Prophetic Books in the group
Ancient Jew Review on Humanities Commons 8 years, 9 months agoAn exploration of the Hebrew Bible’s prophetic literature vis-à-vis Science Fiction and Science Fiction theory
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James M. Tucker's profile was updated on Humanities Commons 8 years, 9 months ago
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Matthew Suriano deposited Sheol, the Tomb, and the Problem of Postmortem Existence in the group
Biblical Studies on Humanities Commons 8 years, 9 months agoThe Hebrew Bible often portrays Sheol in a manner evocative of the tomb. In texts such as Psalm 88 the tomb is a dreary and isolating symbol. Yet this contrasts with the positive role of the family tomb where the dead are reunited with their ancestors. The ritual analysis of Judahite bench tombs, however, reveals a dynamic concept of death. This…[Read more]
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Matthew Suriano deposited Sheol, the Tomb, and the Problem of Postmortem Existence in the group
Biblical archaeology on Humanities Commons 8 years, 9 months agoThe Hebrew Bible often portrays Sheol in a manner evocative of the tomb. In texts such as Psalm 88 the tomb is a dreary and isolating symbol. Yet this contrasts with the positive role of the family tomb where the dead are reunited with their ancestors. The ritual analysis of Judahite bench tombs, however, reveals a dynamic concept of death. This…[Read more]
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Thomas Bolin's profile was updated on Humanities Commons 8 years, 9 months ago
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Matthew Suriano changed their profile picture on Humanities Commons 8 years, 9 months ago
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simeon chavel'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 on Humanities Commons 8 years, 9 months ago
One 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 on Humanities Commons 8 years, 9 months ago
This 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) on Humanities Commons 8 years, 9 months ago
An 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 on Humanities Commons 8 years, 9 months ago
Review 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 The Ways of a King: Legal and Political Ideas in the Bible by Geoffrey P. Miller on Humanities Commons 8 years, 9 months ago
Review of The Ways of a King: Legal and Political Ideas in the Bible by Geoffrey P. Miller
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Ian Wilson deposited Review of The Literary Imagination in Jewish Antiquity by Eva Mroczek on Humanities Commons 8 years, 9 months ago
Review of The Literary Imagination in Jewish Antiquity by Eva Mroczek
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Ian Wilson deposited Judean Pillar Figurines and Ethnic Identity in the Shadow of Assyria on Humanities Commons 8 years, 9 months ago
An examination of Judean Pillar Figurines in relation to cultural discourse and identity construction in the late Iron-Age Levant
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Ian Wilson deposited Tyre, a Ship: The Metaphorical World of Ezekiel 27 in Ancient Judah on Humanities Commons 8 years, 9 months ago
This essay offers a close reading of the dirge in Ezek 27, the metaphorical description of the famed and sinking Tyrian ship. The analysis pays close attention to the symbolic world of the text, situating it within the literary and historical milieux of fourth-century BCE Judah, when Jerusalemite literati began codifying their authoritative texts…[Read more]
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