Sacred Space

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ID23620939
AuthorsKaren Wenell (0000-0002-1961-418X, University of Birmingham, corresponding author)
Year2023
Pages372-391
Publication date2023-03-22
Open AccessNo
TypeCHAPTER
VenueOxford Handbook of the Synoptic Gospels (SOURCE_BOOK)
PublisherOxford University Press (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1093/oxfordhb/9780190887452.013.29
OpenAlexW4353062079
ISBN9780190887452
LanguageEN
References cited10

This thematic study of sacred space in the Synoptic Gospels introduces a framework for understanding sacred space and an approach to the investigation of the theme in the synoptic texts. When considering evidence in texts, it is important to foreground the nonmaterial nature of the sacred, and how that invisible reality is articulated. Questions concerning where and how the sacred is being located in the synoptic texts are addressed, paying special attention to features of the sacred landscape that are agreed upon across all three accounts, as well as distinctive features that occur in two accounts, or one. Spatial concepts referred to in the texts include,, for example, Heaven and Earth the Kingdom of God/Heaven/Satanland, and temple. Each is discussed with a view to addressing how multioptic views of space contribute to an “education of attention” to the sacred in the material world.

Aesthetics · Art · Cartography · Epistemology · Geography · Heaven · Linguistics · Literature · Space (punctuation) · Thematic map · Theme (computing) · Computer Science · History · Migration and Exile Studies · Multiculturalism, Politics, Migration, Gender · Philosophy · Religious Tourism and Spaces

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