Space, Body and Meaning in 2 Maccabees

Updated by: 
Shiran Shevah
Research notes: 
SHS/not checked/22/05/2016 SHS/reader checked/21/08/2016
Reference type: 
Journal Article
Author(s): 
Henten, Jan Willem van
year: 
2016
Full title: 

Space, Body and Meaning in 2 Maccabees

Journal / Book Title || Series Title: 
Biblische Notizen
Volume: 
168
Abbreviated Series Name: 
BN
Pages: 
65-88
Work type: 
Essay/Monograph
Abstract: 

Summary: This narratological reading of 2 Maccabees focuses on space as a tool of the narrator to tell his
story. Special attention will receive those sections of the narrative that highlight bodies of the main characters
as a focal point of space.

Zusammenfassung: Diese Lektüre vom 2. Makkabäerbuch fokussiert Raum als Instrument der Erzählerin /
des Erzählers um die Erzählung zu artikulieren. Insbesondere werden jene Abschnitte des Buches
analysiert, worin die Körper der wichtigsten Figuren im Rampenlicht stehen.

Primary Texts: Apocrypha and Pseudepigrapha: 
Composition / Author: 
2 Maccabees
Label: 
20/06/2016
Record number: 
101 693