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Archival historiography in Jewish antiquity
- Title
- Archival historiography in Jewish antiquity / by Laura Carlson Hasler.
- Author
- Carlson Hasler, Laura, 1986-
- Publication
- New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2020]
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Details
- Description
- xiii, 218 pages; 25 cm
- Summary
- "If history is narrative, than Ezra-Nehemiah is only partly history. Well over half of Ezra-Nehemiah is not a narrative but rather a patchwork of cited texts that are frequently intervening in the story. The capacity of citations in Ezra-Nehemiah to offend the historiographical, aesthetic, and theological sensibilities of scholars in the last century invites us to renew the question of what citation accomplishes in this context. In this book, I label the citation style in Ezra-Nehemiah, "archival historiography." I argue that the act of citation in Ezra-Nehemiah forms an alternative site of archiving in Ezra-Nehemiah and this hybrid literary form prioritizes the assembly and organization of documents over the production of a seamless narrative. I begin this argument by comparing this literary form with archival institutions and practices across the landscape of the ancient Near East, contending that Ezra-Nehemiah adapts the symbolic power of these ancient collections. I then identify the role of the imperial archive within the narrative of Ezra-Nehemiah, where it surfaces as an axial and ambivalent source of political power. By reviewing the cited documents in Ezra-Nehemiah, this book argues that the act of citation is not, as has been commonly argued, solely or even primarily in the business of authorizing this account or symbolizing the fulfillment of prophetic promises. Rather, citation in Ezra-Nehemiah is aimed at reestablishing a community by organizing memory into retrievable texts. Archival historiography thus constitutes an essential act of communal recovery. Creating an archive within the pages of Ezra-Nehemiah represents the cultural vitality of the Judean community after the losses of exile and while living in the long shadow of imperial rule." --
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- Criticism, interpretation, etc.
- History.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
- Call Number
- JFE 20-4491
- ISBN
- 9780190918729
- 0190918721
- 9780190918736 (canceled/invalid)
- 019091873X (canceled/invalid)
- 9780190918743 (canceled/invalid)
- 0190918748 (canceled/invalid)
- 9780190918750 (canceled/invalid)
- 0190918756 (canceled/invalid)
- LCCN
- 2019021021
- OCLC
- 1100426394
- Author
- Carlson Hasler, Laura, 1986- author.
- Title
- Archival historiography in Jewish antiquity / by Laura Carlson Hasler.
- Publisher
- New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2020]
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
- Chronological Term
- 586 B.C.-70 A.D.
- Research Call Number
- JFE 20-4491