Jeremy Smoak
Biographic Data
| ID | 1122887 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Jeremy Smoak |
| GIVEN NAMES | Jeremy |
| FAMILY NAME | Smoak |
| SIGNATURE | SMOAK J |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of California, Los Angeles |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 5 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 4 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2017 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Literary Monumentality and the Question of Ekphrasis in the Hebrew Bible
In many passages of the Hebrew Bible, one encounters vivid and carefully constructed descriptions of places, objects, cities, and bodies. These passages do more than decorate a narrative—they actively shape a reader’s sense of space, scale, and material presence. When read through the lens of monumentality, such descriptions can be understood as techniques for rendering texts themselves “monumental.” Their words bring to life inscriptions, narrat…
The Material Turn in the Study of Israelite Religions
This study discusses how a material religions approach might be applied to the study of Israelite religions. After providing a discussion of recent theory on space and the body in the study of religion, we give several suggestions for how these ideas can apply to Israelite tomb and temple spaces. Our approach brings the study of Israelite religious texts and material culture (back) into the broader study of material religion. To this end, we prio…
Religion at Kuntillet ʿAjrud
The discovery of early Hebrew inscriptions at the site of Kuntillet ʿAjrud has generated considerable discussion among scholars over the past few decades. The fact that the inscriptions contain explicitly religious themes led some to conclude that the site had a cultic function. In the present article, we challenge this assumption and argue that the inscriptions with religious themes are embedded in daily life as religion converges with scribal c…
Reading and Writing in the Dark at Khirbet el-Qom
How did ancient Israelites and Judeans interact with inscriptions located in subterranean contexts such as tombs, tunnels, and caves? What roles did writing hold in the darkness of such places? The present article argues that a multimodal approach to literacy needs to be applied to the study of such inscriptions in order to understand how they communicated to audiences underground in the dark. We challenge traditional approaches to the study of t…
The Material Turn in the Study of Israelite Religions
This study discusses how a material religions approach might be applied to the study of Israelite religions. After providing a discussion of recent theory on space and the body in the study of religion, we give several suggestions for how these ideas can apply to Israelite tomb and temple spaces. Our approach brings the study of Israelite religious texts and material culture (back) into the broader study of material religion. To this end, we prio…
Religion at Kuntillet ʿAjrud
The discovery of early Hebrew inscriptions at the site of Kuntillet ʿAjrud has generated considerable discussion among scholars over the past few decades. The fact that the inscriptions contain explicitly religious themes led some to conclude that the site had a cultic function. In the present article, we challenge this assumption and argue that the inscriptions with religious themes are embedded in daily life as religion converges with scribal c…
Reading and Writing in the Dark at Khirbet el-Qom
How did ancient Israelites and Judeans interact with inscriptions located in subterranean contexts such as tombs, tunnels, and caves? What roles did writing hold in the darkness of such places? The present article argues that a multimodal approach to literacy needs to be applied to the study of such inscriptions in order to understand how they communicated to audiences underground in the dark. We challenge traditional approaches to the study of t…
Reading and Writing in the Dark at Khirbet el-Qom
How did ancient Israelites and Judeans interact with inscriptions located in subterranean contexts such as tombs, tunnels, and caves? What roles did writing hold in the darkness of such places? The present article argues that a multimodal approach to literacy needs to be applied to the study of such inscriptions in order to understand how they communicated to audiences underground in the dark. We challenge traditional approaches to the study of t…
The Material Turn in the Study of Israelite Religions
This study discusses how a material religions approach might be applied to the study of Israelite religions. After providing a discussion of recent theory on space and the body in the study of religion, we give several suggestions for how these ideas can apply to Israelite tomb and temple spaces. Our approach brings the study of Israelite religious texts and material culture (back) into the broader study of material religion. To this end, we prio…
Religion at Kuntillet ʿAjrud
The discovery of early Hebrew inscriptions at the site of Kuntillet ʿAjrud has generated considerable discussion among scholars over the past few decades. The fact that the inscriptions contain explicitly religious themes led some to conclude that the site had a cultic function. In the present article, we challenge this assumption and argue that the inscriptions with religious themes are embedded in daily life as religion converges with scribal c…
Literary Monumentality and the Question of Ekphrasis in the Hebrew Bible
In many passages of the Hebrew Bible, one encounters vivid and carefully constructed descriptions of places, objects, cities, and bodies. These passages do more than decorate a narrative—they actively shape a reader’s sense of space, scale, and material presence. When read through the lens of monumentality, such descriptions can be understood as techniques for rendering texts themselves “monumental.” Their words bring to life inscriptions, narrat…
Biblical Studies and Interpretation (4 works) · Archaeology and Historical Studies (3 works) · Philosophy (3 works) · Sociology (3 works) · Archaeology (2 works) · Art (2 works) · Hebrew (2 works) · Hebrew Bible (2 works) · History (2 works) · Linguistics (2 works)