God's Mountain: The Temple Mount in Time, Place, and Memory Hardcover - 2005
by Yaron Z. Eliav
From the rear cover
Winner, Association of American Publishers' Professional and Scholarly Publishing Award in Theology and Religious Studies
Winner, 2006 Salo Baron Prize for the Best First Book in Judaic Studies, American Academy of Jewish Research
This provocative study of Jerusalem's Temple Mount unravels popular scholarly paradigms about the origins of this contested sacred site and its significance in Jewish and Christian traditions. In God's Mountain, Yaron Z. Eliav reconstructs the early story of the Temple Mount, exploring the way the site was developed as a physical entity, religious concept, and cultural image. He traces the Temple Mount's origins and investigates its history, explicating the factors that shaped it both physically and conceptually.
Eliav refutes the popular tradition that situates the Temple Mount as a unique sacred space from the earliest days of the history of Israel and the Jewish people. Instead, he asserts that the Temple Mount emerged as a sacred space in Jewish and early Christian consciousness hundreds of years later. This new chronology provides the framework for a fresh consideration of the literary and archeological evidence, as well as new understandings of the religious and social dynamics that shaped the image of the Temple Mount as a sacred space for Jews and Christians.
Eliav uses his impressive knowledge of Talmud, the Bible, archeology, languages, rabbinic texts, the classics and patristic literature to debunk the notion that the Temple Mount was a sacred space for ancient Jews and Christians. According to him, it did not achieve this status until long after the Second Temple was destroyed. In a dazzling display of erudition, he supports his thesis by providing new readings of familiar sources and by citing many little-known references.--Publishers Weekly
All readers will be rewarded by Eliav's judicious insights, his nuanced reinterpretations, and his wide-ranging scholarship.--Choice
This book means to awaken an important scholarly debate and it deserves to succeed.--Shofar
Yaron Z. Eliav is the Jean and Samuel Frankel Associate Professor for Rabbinic Literature at the University of Michigan.
--Steven Fraade, author of From Tradition to Commentary: Torah and Its Interpretation in the Midrash Sifre to Deuteronomy "Shofar"From the jacket flap
Winner, Association of American Publishers' Professional and Scholarly Publishing Award in Theology and Religious Studies
Winner, 2006 Salo Baron Prize for the Best First Book in Judaic Studies, American Academy of Jewish Research
This provocative study of Jerusalem's Temple Mount unravels popular scholarly paradigms about the origins of this contested sacred site and its significance in Jewish and Christian traditions. In God's Mountain, Yaron Z. Eliav reconstructs the early story of the Temple Mount, exploring the way the site was developed as a physical entity, religious concept, and cultural image. He traces the Temple Mount's origins and investigates its history, explicating the factors that shaped it both physically and conceptually.
Eliav refutes the popular tradition that situates the Temple Mount as a unique sacred space from the earliest days of the history of Israel and the Jewish people. Instead, he asserts that the Temple Mount emerged as a sacred space in Jewish and early Christian consciousness hundreds of years later. This new chronology provides the framework for a fresh consideration of the literary and archeological evidence, as well as new understandings of the religious and social dynamics that shaped the image of the Temple Mount as a sacred space for Jews and Christians.
Eliav uses his impressive knowledge of Talmud, the Bible, archeology, languages, rabbinic texts, the classics and patristic literature to debunk the notion that the Temple Mount was a sacred space for ancient Jews and Christians. According to him, it did not achieve this status until long after the Second Temple was destroyed. In a dazzling display of erudition, he supports his thesis by providing new readings of familiar sources and by citing many little-known references.--Publishers Weekly
All readers will be rewarded by Eliav's judicious insights, his nuanced reinterpretations, and his wide-ranging scholarship.--Choice
This book means to awaken an important scholarly debate and it deserves to succeed.--Shofar
Yaron Z. Eliav is the Jean and Samuel Frankel Associate Professor for Rabbinic Literature at the University of Michigan.
--Steven Fraade, author of From Tradition to Commentary: Torah and Its Interpretation in the Midrash Sifre to Deuteronomy "Shofar"Details
- Title God's Mountain: The Temple Mount in Time, Place, and Memory
- Author Yaron Z. Eliav
- Binding Hardcover
- Edition 1st
- Pages 392
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore
- Date 2005-11
- Illustrated Yes
- ISBN 9780801882135 / 0801882133
- Weight 1.45 lbs (0.66 kg)
- Dimensions 9.28 x 6.38 x 1.07 in (23.57 x 16.21 x 2.72 cm)
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Themes
- Ethnic Orientation: Jewish
- Religious Orientation: Jewish
- Library of Congress subjects Rabbinical literature - History and criticism, Jerusalem - Antiquities
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 2004030322
- Dewey Decimal Code 296.482
Media reviews
Citations
- Choice, 06/01/2006, Page 1841
- Library Journal, 12/01/2005, Page 136
- Publishers Weekly, 10/10/2005, Page 58
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