| Description |
1 online resource (329 pages) |
| Series |
The Library of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament Studies |
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Library of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament studies.
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| Contents |
Preface; Abbreviations; List of Tables; INTRODUCTION: COMMON SENSE; Chapter 1. MAKING SENSE OF THE SENSORIUM; The Sensorium and Cultural-Anthropological Perspective; The Sensorium in Biblical Scholarship; Theoretical Considerations; Methodological Considerations; Chapter 2. NUMBER OUR SENSES; Sight and Hearing; Kinaesthesia; Speech; Taste; Olfactory; Touch; Towards a Septasensory Model; Chapter 3. THE SENSORIUM: DEFINITION; Sense and Soma; Sense and Sovereignty; Towards a Definition; Chapter 4. THEOLOGY OF THE SENSES; Who Created the Senses?; Harming the Senses; Sensory Disabilities |
| Summary |
Theology and the Sensory Category; Chapter 5. THE CENTRALITY OF SIGHT IN BIBLICAL EPISTEMOLOGY; Hierarchical Sensorium?; Sight and Evidence; Sight and Sovereignty; Supreme Sight; Conclusion; CONCLUSION: THE SENSES OF SCRIPTURE; Bibliography; Index of References; Index of Authors |
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The Senses of Scripture reveals the essence of biblical epistemology - the ways in which ancient Israelites thought about and used their sensorium. The theoretical introduction demonstrates that scholars need to liberate themselves from the Western bias that holds a pentasensory paradigm and prioritises the sense of sight. The discussion of the biblical material demonstrates that biblical scholars should follow a similar path. Through examination of associative and contextual patters the author reaches a septasensory model, including sight, hearing, speech, kinaesthesia, touch, taste, and sm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 280-292) and indexes |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
| SUBJECT |
Bible. Old Testament -- Criticism, interpretation, etc
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Bible. Old Testament fast |
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Senses and sensation in the Bible.
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RELIGION -- Biblical Studies -- Old Testament.
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RELIGION -- Judaism -- Sacred Writings.
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Senses and sensation in the Bible
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| Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780567353320 |
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056735332X |
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1322146209 |
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9781322146201 |
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