Reconfiguring the Land of Israel

Constanza Cordoni received her PhD in Jewish studies (2016) and her venia legendi in Jewish Studies (2021) from the University of Vienna. She is the author of Seder Eliyahu: A Narratological Reading (Berlin: De Gruyter, 2018).

• AcknowledgementsAbbreviations of Ancient Sources1 Introduction1.1 Diaspora Studies1.2 The Land of Israel: A Place in Late Ancient Texts1.3 The Literature of the Second Temple Period1.4 Rabbinic Literature: Status QuaestionisPart 1 Past2 The Land of the Fathers Rabbinised2.1 The Patriarchs and the Homeland They Were Given2.2 The Cave of Machpelah: Purchased Property2.3 The Rabbinic Land of the Fathers in the Land of Israel3 When You Come into the Land: Stories of a Land That Became Holy3.1 Historical Praise of the Land’s Ahistorical Holiness3.2 Sanctifying the Land in HistoryPart 2 Present4 The Land—A Commandment I: Dwelling in the Land4.1 The Precept in Tannaitic Texts4.2 Amoraic and Post-Amoraic Expansions5 The Land—A Commandment II: Keeping the Land Jewish5.1 Selling in Perpetuity5.2 On Not Selling or Letting Real Estate5.3 Rescuing the LandPart 3 Future6 The Significance of a Burial in the Land6.1 The Tannaitic Basis6.2 Amoraic Elaboration: Reception, Reinterment, or Rolling6.3 Post-Amoraic Approaches7 The End of History and the New Land7.1 Messianic Footsteps and Battles7.2 The Four Kingdoms7.3 The Kingdom of Ishmael’s Rule over the Land7.4 End-Time PerfectionConclusionBibliographyIndex