Jerusalem as Contested Space in Ezekiel av Natalie (Macquarie University Australia) Mylonas

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Natalie Mylonas uses Ezekiel 16 as a case study in order to reveal the critical relationship between space, emotion, and identity politics in the Hebrew Bible. Drawing on interdisciplinary research that emphasises how space and emotions are inextricably linked in human experience, Mylonas explores the portrayal of Yhwh¿s wife, Jerusalem, in Ezekiel 16 as a personified city who feels emotion. She foregrounds purity and gender issues, as well as debates on emotions in the Hebrew Bible, emphasising that spatiality is a key component of how these issues are conceptualised in ancient Israel. This book argues that the power struggle between Jerusalem and Yhwh in Ezekiel 16 is a struggle over the contested space of Jerusalem¿s body and the city space. Jerusalem¿s emotions are in a dynamic relationship with the spaces in the text ¿ they are signified by these spaces, shift as the constitution of the spaces shifts, and are shaped by Jerusalem¿s use of space. Her desire, pride, and shamelessness