Watch Now: Enchanted Substances: Water, Dirt, and Air in Ancient Hebrew and West Asian Writings

Uncover the hidden enchantments of the elements and reimagine the Garden of Eden and Job's divine encounter, with Dr. Ingrid Lilly.

In this talk, we will explore water, dirt, and air in several Hebrew and West Asian writings, ultimately to help us reorient our understandings of familiar stories like the garden of Eden and the scene of divine theophany in the book of Job. As we take inventory of this unique magico-materiality in the Hebrew Bible, we may also begin to tell a richer, more complex story about our inherited ecological imaginations. 

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