City of ruins : mourning the destruction of Jerusalem through Jewish apocalypse /

City of ruins : mourning the destruction of Jerusalem through Jewish apocalypse /

This study addresses the way in which a psychoanalytic model of mourning relates to a set of Jewish apocalypses concerned with the destruction of Jerusalem and its Temple. These texts respond to the traumatic symbolic loss of Zion and attempt to heal it through the apocalyptic narrative, the visiona...

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Main Author: Daschke, Dereck.

Format: eBook

Language: English

Published: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2010.

Series: Biblical Interpretation Series 99.
Biblical Studies, Ancient Near East and Early Christianity E-Books Online, Collection 2010, ISBN: 9789004222731.

Subjects:

Temple of Jerusalem (Jerusalem)
Bible. > O.T. > Ezekiel > Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Bible. > O.T. > Ezra > Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Syriac Apocalypse of Baruch > Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Greek Apocalypse of Baruch > Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Apocalyptic literature > History and criticism.
Judaism > History > Post-exilic period, 586 B.C.-210 A.D.
Eschatology, Jewish.

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Call Number: BS1705 .D37 2010

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Summary:This study addresses the way in which a psychoanalytic model of mourning relates to a set of Jewish apocalypses concerned with the destruction of Jerusalem and its Temple. These texts respond to the traumatic symbolic loss of Zion and attempt to heal it through the apocalyptic narrative, the visionary experiences of the seers, and the emotional transformation that results from the interplay of the two. The seers react with rage, paralysis, and self-annihilating sentiments, and hence these texts resemble incomplete, stalled mourning, or melancholia. Through the course of their narratives and a 'working-through' of the Jewish past, true mourning and psychological recovery occur, prompting visions of the establishment of an ideal society in the future.
Item Description:Revision of the author's thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Chicago Divinity School, 2000.
Physical Description:1 online resource.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (p. [211]-221) and index.
ISBN:9789004181991
ISSN:0928-0731 ;
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