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- Title
Place as Real and Imagined in Exile: Jerusalem at the Center of Ezekiel.
- Authors
Boyd, Samuel L.
- Abstract
The article explores the two ancient documents the "Mappa Mundi" and the biblical book of Ezekiel to show how Babylon and Jerusalem function as real and symbolic concepts in each. Topics covered include the role of central placement of Babylon in the religious imagination of the seventh and six centuries Before the Common Era (BCE), an examination of a similar concept of political center in the book of Ezekiel, and the ways in which Ezekiel's rhetorical picture of Jerusalem.
- Subjects
REAL Madrid Club de Futbol; EXILES; POLITICAL philosophy; HISTORY of Judaism; CHRISTIAN-Jewish relations; RELIGIONS; SACRED space
- Publication
Studies in Jewish Civilization, 2019, Vol 30, Issue 30, p1
- ISSN
1070-8510
- Publication type
Article