On dying in a city gate: implications in the deaths of Eli, Abner and Jezebel
Previously one could easily find works on the archaeology or biblical study of cities, defences, temples and houses, but in the past year, two publications on city gates have caught the eye. What follows is concerned with applying these new conversations about the role and function of ancient Israe...
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| description | Previously one could easily find works on the archaeology or biblical study of cities, defences, temples and houses, but in the past year, two publications on city gates have caught the eye. What follows is concerned with applying these new conversations about the role and function of ancient Israelite city gates to the biblical texts in a socio-historical manner, and in doing so, it draws attention to the way in which the author in 1 & 2 Samuel and 2 Kings uses gates as a literary device. |
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| spelling | nottingham-374402020-05-04T20:02:30Z https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/37440/ On dying in a city gate: implications in the deaths of Eli, Abner and Jezebel Quine, Cat Previously one could easily find works on the archaeology or biblical study of cities, defences, temples and houses, but in the past year, two publications on city gates have caught the eye. What follows is concerned with applying these new conversations about the role and function of ancient Israelite city gates to the biblical texts in a socio-historical manner, and in doing so, it draws attention to the way in which the author in 1 & 2 Samuel and 2 Kings uses gates as a literary device. Sage Publications 2016-06 Article PeerReviewed Quine, Cat (2016) On dying in a city gate: implications in the deaths of Eli, Abner and Jezebel. Journal for the Study of the Old Testament, 40 (4). pp. 399-413. ISSN 0309-0892 City Gates; Death; Irony; Eli; Abner; Jezebel; justice http://jot.sagepub.com/content/40/4/399 doi:10.1177/0309089215611532 doi:10.1177/0309089215611532 |
| spellingShingle | City Gates; Death; Irony; Eli; Abner; Jezebel; justice Quine, Cat On dying in a city gate: implications in the deaths of Eli, Abner and Jezebel |
| title | On dying in a city gate: implications in the deaths of Eli, Abner and Jezebel |
| title_full | On dying in a city gate: implications in the deaths of Eli, Abner and Jezebel |
| title_fullStr | On dying in a city gate: implications in the deaths of Eli, Abner and Jezebel |
| title_full_unstemmed | On dying in a city gate: implications in the deaths of Eli, Abner and Jezebel |
| title_short | On dying in a city gate: implications in the deaths of Eli, Abner and Jezebel |
| title_sort | on dying in a city gate: implications in the deaths of eli, abner and jezebel |
| topic | City Gates; Death; Irony; Eli; Abner; Jezebel; justice |
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