Martin Schott – författare

The volume discusses nudity and clothing in the Hebrew Bible, covering anthropological, theological, archaeology and religious-historical aspects. These aspects are addressed in three separate sections, enhanced by over a hundred pictures and illustrations. Part I places nudity and clothing in its ancient Israelite context, with discussions of methodology, the ancient Near Eastern evidence (including material culture and iconography), and an assessment of central aspects of the biblical material such as fabrication and uses of textiles, lexicography, theological and anthropological implications. Part II looks at key themes such as mourning, death, encounters with the divine and issues of power and status. Finally, Part III presents several close studies of key passages from narrative, prophetic and wisdom texts where clothing and nudity play an important role.

The volume discusses nudity and clothing in the Hebrew Bible, covering anthropological, theological, archaeology and religious-historical aspects. These aspects are addressed in three separate sections, enhanced by over a hundred pictures and illustrations. Part I places nudity and clothing in its ancient Israelite context, with discussions of methodology, the ancient Near Eastern evidence (including material culture and iconography), and an assessment of central aspects of the biblical material such as fabrication and uses of textiles, lexicography, theological and anthropological implications. Part II looks at key themes such as mourning, death, encounters with the divine and issues of power and status. Finally, Part III presents several close studies of key passages from narrative, prophetic and wisdom texts where clothing and nudity play an important role.

The volume discusses nudity and clothing in the Hebrew Bible, covering anthropological, theological, archaeology and religious-historical aspects. These aspects are addressed in three separate sections, enhanced by over a hundred pictures and illustrations. Part I places nudity and clothing in its ancient Israelite context, with discussions of methodology, the ancient Near Eastern evidence (including material culture and iconography), and an assessment of central aspects of the biblical material such as fabrication and uses of textiles, lexicography, theological and anthropological implications. Part II looks at key themes such as mourning, death, encounters with the divine and issues of power and status. Finally, Part III presents several close studies of key passages from narrative, prophetic and wisdom texts where clothing and nudity play an important role.

The volume discusses nudity and clothing in the Hebrew Bible, covering anthropological, theological, archaeology and religious-historical aspects. These aspects are addressed in three separate sections, enhanced by over a hundred pictures and illustrations. Part I places nudity and clothing in its ancient Israelite context, with discussions of methodology, the ancient Near Eastern evidence (including material culture and iconography), and an assessment of central aspects of the biblical material such as fabrication and uses of textiles, lexicography, theological and anthropological implications. Part II looks at key themes such as mourning, death, encounters with the divine and issues of power and status. Finally, Part III presents several close studies of key passages from narrative, prophetic and wisdom texts where clothing and nudity play an important role.

The series Beihefte zur Zeitschrift für die alttestamentliche Wissenschaft (BZAW) covers all areas of research into the Old Testament, focusing on the Hebrew Bible, its early and later forms in Ancient Judaism, as well as its branching into many neighboring cultures of the Ancient Near East and the Greco-Roman world. BZAW welcomes submissions that make an original and significant contribution to the field; demonstrate sophisticated　engagement with the relevant secondary literature; and are written in readable, logical, and engaging prose.

Die jüngere Forschung zum Zwölfprophetenbuch richtet ihre Aufmerksamkeit zunehmend auf buchübergreifende Kompositionszusammenhänge. Damit geraten auch die rätselhaften letzten Kapitel des Sacharjabuches in den Fokus, die lange als eigenständige Anhänge des Buches marginalisiert wurden. Doch über ihr Überschriftensystem und die Tag-JHWHs-Thematik sind sie fest mit ihrem Kontext verbunden.

Die vorliegende Studie widmet diesen Texten erstmals eine detaillierte redaktionsgeschichtliche Untersuchung, die zugleich ihren kompositionsgeschichtlichen Ort zwischen Sacharja 1-8 und dem Maleachibuch am Ende des Zwölfprophetenbuches berücksichtigt. Dabei erweisen sich die Kapitel als sukzessive Fortschreibung des Zweiprophetenbuches Haggai-Sacharja für die frühe hellenistische Zeit und als ursprünglicher Abschluss des entstehenden Zwölfprophetenbuches. Theologisch prägt die Kapitel das Bewusstsein, in einer postprophetischen Zeit zu leben, und ein zunehmendes Misstrauen gegenüber irdischer Macht, das zu einer dezidiert theokratischen Eschatologie führt.

Damit liefert die Studie einen grundlegenden Beitrag zur Entstehung und Theologie eines der jüngsten Textbereiche des Alten Testaments, der eine wichtige Stufe zu dessen Kanonwerdung markiert.