Song of exile

• Verfasst von: Stowe, David Ware [VerfasserIn]
• Titel: Song of exile
• Titelzusatz: the enduring mystery of Psalm 137
• Verf.angabe: David W. Stowe
• Verlagsort: Oxford
• Verlag: Oxford University Press
• Jahr: 2016
• Umfang: 1 online resource
• ISBN: 978-0-19-046686-2
• DOI: doi:10.1093/acprof:oso/9780190466831.001.0001
• Datenträger: Online-Ressource
• Sprache: eng
• Bibliogr. Hinweis: Erscheint auch als : Druck-Ausgabe
• Bibliogr. Hinweis: Rezensiert in: R., M. Daniel Carroll: [Rezension von: Stowe, David W., Song of Exile: The Enduring Mystery of Psalm 137]
• K10plus-PPN: 1655946870
• K10plus-PPN:
  Universitätsbibliothek
• Lokale URL UB: Zum Volltext

Abstract

No poem has exerted a more sustained pull on the political imagination of people around the world than Psalm 137. 'Song of Exile' is an archaeology of this enduring text, which opens a window on the Babylonian exile 2500 years ago - a crucial event for the formation of Judaism - and has been a siren song to musicians, artists, writers, theologians, and leaders. This book unpacks the subtle ways in which memory of the exile has affected the self-understanding of Jews, Christians, and other displaced communities.