Siloah – Quelle des Lebens. Eine Kulturgeschichte der Jerusalemer Stadtquelle, Ägypten und Altes Testament 101, Zaphon: Münster 2021. (original) (raw)

The Jerusalem city spring is traditionally and presently known by the name of Siloam (Siloah), even though its water comes from the Gihon spring. An underground conduit, the so-called Hezekiah Tunnel, carries the water from the spring under the southeast hill to this day. For nearly two millennia, this western mouth of the tunnel was considered the source of Siloam, or the Siloam of Jerusalem. The actual source, the Gihon, was forgotten for over a millennium. Today, the Southeast Hill water systems are among the most extensively studied archaeological sites in the world. This study deals with the cultural memories of Siloam. On the basis of a diverse selection of different text and images, the author develops a cultural history of the Jerusalem city source from its beginnings to the present. Particular attention is paid to the plurality and variability of cultures of remembrance and their connection with material structures and architectures. To this end, the work combines a historical-critical study of sources with a remembrance-cultural approach from a spatial-sociological perspective.

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