Abstract
Sacred geography" has been a characteristic of religious creativity in diverse cultures from antiquity to the present. The term refers to the singling out of a particular place, to the exclusion of others, in mythological, cultic, or literary contexts linked to divine revelation or appearance of an angel, election, unique sanctity, and an etiological story whose importance transcends the boundaries of time and space.1 This sacred geography, which is tied to mythological recollections and the crystallization of a unique national-religious identity,2 is not confined to terrestrial realms and actual spaces. On occasion, it has cosmic and cosmographic dimensions. It bases the uniqueness of the sacred terrestrial place in its connection to its cosmic, mythic, or celestial counterpart, situated beyond time and space. And it grounds its premises in sacred writings derived from a heavenly source.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | Israel's God and Rebecca's Children |
| Subtitle of host publication | Christology and Community in Early Judaism and Christianity |
| Publisher | Baylor University Press |
| Pages | 277-301 |
| Number of pages | 25 |
| ISBN (Print) | 9781602580268 |
| State | Published - 2007 |
| Externally published | Yes |