Theology

Melanie Köhlmoos

Bet-El – Erinnerungen an eine Stadt

Perspektiven der alttestamentlichen Bet-El-Überlieferung

[Beth-El – Memories of a City. Perspectives of the Old Testament Beth-El Tradition.]

2006. X, 344 pages.

Forschungen zum Alten Testament 49

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In the Old Testament, the city of Beth-el is mentioned in 71 different places, making it the second most important city in Old Testament traditions. In this study, Melanie Köhlmoos shows how these traditions were shaped. She focuses on the memories of Beth-el in prophecy, Kings and Genesis.
In the Old Testament, the city of Beth-el is mentioned in 71 different places, making it the second most important city in Old Testament traditions. In this study, Melanie Köhlmoos shows how these traditions were shaped. In order to do so, she focuses on the memories of Beth-el in prophecy, Kings and Genesis. Although the memories all have their origins in the crisis which occurred in the 8th century, the three memory complexes follow different paths before they unite to form a larger figure in the Hellenistic era, in which Jerusalem finally conquered Beth-el, relegating it to second place in Israel's history.
Authors/Editors

Melanie Köhlmoos Geboren 1966, Studium der ev. Theologie in Hamburg; 1998 Promotion; 2000–2002 Mitarbeit im DFG-Schwerpunktprogramm »Theatralität« in Münster; 2002–2005 Leitung des DFG-Forschungsprojekts »Bethel« in Göttingen; 2005 Habilitation in Göttingen.

Reviews

The following reviews are known:

In: Theologische Literaturzeitung — 134 (2009), S. 1196–1199 (Joachim Conrad)
In: International Review of Biblical Studies — 52 (2005/2006), S. 245
In: Journal for the Study of the Old Testament — 31.5 (2007), S. 135–136 (A.C. Hagedorn)
In: Mayeutica — 32 (2006), S. 199–200 (Enrique Eguiarte)
In: Zeitschrift für die Alttestamentliche Wissenschaft (ZAW) — 119 (2007), S. 302–303 (J.C.G.)
In: Orientalistische Literaturzeitung — 102 (2007), S. 465–470 (Henrik Pfeiffer)
In: Old Testament Abstracts — 31 (2008), S. 142 (C.T. Begg)
In: Arbeitskreis f.Evangelikale Theologie — 21 (2007), S. 256–258 (Beat Weber)
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