{"product_id":"worlds-that-could-not-be-utopia-in-chronicles-ezra-and-nehemiah-the-library-of-hebrew-bible-old-testament-studies-620","title":"Worlds that Could Not Be: Utopia in Chronicles, Ezra and Nehemiah (The Library of Hebrew Bible\/Old Testament Studies, 620)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBook info:\u003c\/strong\u003e Worlds that Could Not Be: Utopia in Chronicles, Ezra and Nehemiah (The Library of Hebrew Bible\/Old Testament Studies, 620) (Hardcover, 224 pages) – T\u0026amp;T Clark, 2016. Language: English.\u003c\/p\u003e\n \u003cp\u003eThe idea of Utopia was first made current and popular by Sir Thomas More with the publication of his book by the same name in 1516. The 'no-place' that was created has had a fantastic reception history, which makes its application to the biblical books of Nehemiah, Ezra and Chronicles as vibrant as the current scholarship which is ongoing into the Renaissance term and its implications. The essays in this collection take different approaches to the question: are there proto-utopian elements in the three books from the Hebrew Bible? Methodological considerations are to be found, but each essay also moves beyond the methodological constraint to raise the hypothetical question of 'what if?' in different ways.The essays evaluate the potential, and pitfalls, of reading Biblical books as (proto-)utopian. Topics include how utopia construct intricate counter-realities, and how to tell whether a proposal diagnosed as 'utopian' from a modern point of view is meant to motivate its audience to political action. Case studies which read aspects of Chronicles, Ezra and Nehemiah as potential utopian traits include the restoration project of Ezra-Nehemiah and the rejection of foreign wives, utopian concerns in Chronicles, as well as the empire's role in writing a putative utopia, and King Solomon as a utopian fantasy-king.\u003c\/p\u003e  \n\n                                         Editorial Reviews                   Book Description   Utopia is a construct: here the theme is applied to the books of Ezra, Nehemiah and Chronicles for a literary analysis of the application of utopian theory to the Biblical material.           About the Author   Andrew Mein is Director of Research at the Queen's Foundation for Ecumenical Theological Education, UK\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eClaudia V. Camp is Professor of Religion at Texas Christian University, USA and was on the steering committee of the Seminar. She is currently co-general editor of the LHBOTS series, as well as the author or editor of 4 books and numerous articles.                                           ","brand":"Frauke Uhlenbruch, Steven J. Schweitzer, Andrew Mein, Claudia V. Camp","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46069710946538,"sku":"9780567664051","price":149.42,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0714\/5301\/6298\/files\/71wr1tMO89L._SL1500.jpg?v=1781219328","url":"https:\/\/textbookme.store\/products\/worlds-that-could-not-be-utopia-in-chronicles-ezra-and-nehemiah-the-library-of-hebrew-bible-old-testament-studies-620","provider":"TextbookMe","version":"1.0","type":"link"}