Exodus: Border Crossings in Jewish, Christian and Islamic Texts and Images

Published by De Gruyter 2020

Exodus

Border Crossings in Jewish, Christian and Islamic Texts and Images

Edited by: Annette Hoffmann

Volume 11 in the series Judaism, Christianity, and Islam – Tension, Transmission, Transformation

https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110618549

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About this book

The scientific debates on border crossings and cultural exchange between Judaism, Christianity, and Islam have much increased over the last decades. Within this context, however, little attention has been given to the biblical Exodus, which not only plays a pivotal role in the Abrahamic religions, but also is a master narrative of a border crossing in itself. Sea and desert are spaces of liminality and transit in more than just a geographical sense. Their passage includes a transition to freedom and initiation into a new divine community, an encounter with God and an entry into the Age of law. The volume gathers twelve articles written by leading specialists in Jewish and Islamic Studies, Theology and Literature, Art and Film history, dedicated to the transitional aspects within the Exodus narrative. Bringing these studies together, the volume takes a double approach, one that is both comparative and intercultural. How do Jewish, Christian and Islamic texts and images read and retell the various border crossings in the Exodus story, and on what levels do they interrelate? By raising these questions the volume aims to contribute to a deeper understanding of contact points between the various traditions.

Author / Editor information

Annette Hoffmann, Kunsthistorisches Institut in Florenz, Italy.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	I
Table of Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	V
Introduction Annette Hoffmann Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
The Way Out of Vassalage – The Exodus Narrative (Ex 1–14) and Ancient International Law Wolfgang Oswald Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	15
The Exodus Narrative and Divine Warfare in the Dura-Europos Synagogue Kära L. Schenk Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	29
Through Water and Stone: The Brescia Sarcophagus Crossing of the Red Sea Jessica N. Richardson Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	49
“Prolific Writing”: Retracing a Desert Palimpsest in the South Sinai Kristine M. Larison Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	77
Bewegung in der Altdeutschen Exodus als Heilsempfang und Übersetzung Silvan Wagner Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	93
Purim Like Yom Kippurim: Between the Texts and Images of the London Miscellany and R. Eleazar the Preacher’s Commentary on Exodus Sara Offenberg Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	109
The Crossing of Boundaries and Liminality in the Rabbinic Aggadot on the Death of Moses and on “Those to Die in the Wilderness”: Analogous Aspects Rella Kushelevsky Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	131
Between Heaven and Earth: The Illustration of the Death of Moses in Rashid al-Din’s Jami al-Tawarikh (World History) Mika Natif Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	145
The Prophet Muhammad’s Visionary Journey to Jerusalem – a Spiritual Exodus Angelika Neuwirth Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	163
The Paradigm of a Second Exodus in Jewish Tradition Susanne Talarbadon Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	183
„Du hast die Greuel gesehen…“. Zum Exodus als ästhetischer Unterscheidungskraft Ute Holl Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	199
Bibliography Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	223
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	245
Photo Credits Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	253

(Deutsch)

Language: English
Publisher: De Gruyter
Audience: Scholars and researchers of Jewish Studies, Islamic Studies, Theology, Literary Studies, Art History
Pages
- Front matter: 6
- Main content: 253
Illustrations
- Illustrations: 13
- Coloured Illustrations: 24
Keywords: Exodus; Judaism; Christianity; Islam

eBook

Published: January 20, 2020
ISBN: 9783110618549

Hardcover

Published: January 20, 2020
ISBN: 9783110616613

Paperback

Published: September 20, 2021
ISBN: 9783110642759