The Bible Among Ruins

Daniel Pioske

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Biblical writers lived in a world that was already ancient. The lands familiar to them were populated throughout by the ruins of those who had lived two thousand years earlier. References to ruins abound in the Hebrew Bible, attesting to widespread familiarity with the material remains by those who wrote these texts. Never, however, do we find a single passage that expresses an interest in digging among these ruins to learn about those who lived before. Why? In this book, Daniel Pioske offers the first study of ruination in the Hebrew Bible. Drawing on scholarship in biblical studies, archaeology, contemporary historical theory, and philosophy, he demonstrates how the ancient experience of ruins differed radically from that of the modern era. For biblical writers, ruins were connected to temporalities of memory, presence, and anticipation. Pioske's book recreates the encounter with ruins as it was experienced during antiquity and shows how modern archaeological research has transformed how we read the Bible.

Book Details

Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publish Date: Oct 12nd, 2023
Pages: 350
Language: English
Edition: undefined - undefined
Dimensions: 10.08in - 7.01in - 0.87in - 1.95lb
EAN: 9781009412605
Categories: • Biblical Studies - Old Testament - General• Biblical Biography - General

About the Author

Pioske, Daniel: - Daniel Pioske is assistant professor of theology at the University of St. Thomas, Minnesota. He is the author of David's Jerusalem: Between Memory and History (2015) and Memory in a Time of Prose: Studies in Epistemology, Hebrew Scribalism, and the Biblical Past (2018).

Praise for this book

'This is a thoroughly researched and exceptionally well written book. For scholars, it offers a great deal for future consideration, particularly regarding many additional places mentioned throughout the Bible that remain to be discussed in a similar fashion. All readers, however, will benefit from the discussions of social memory, landscape, and ruin studies as they pertain to the biblical, Near Eastern, and Mediterranean worlds.' Aaron A. Burke, Biblical Archaeology Review