Sacred Schematics, or Ships and Sanctuaries

This paper compares the development of fictional ship schematics for the original Star Trek’s Enterprise to the scribal schematics of the Temple in two key biblical passages (1 Kings 6 and Ezekiel 40-44) and a Talmudic discussion of the Hall of the Hearth. By centralizing spatial construction over n...

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Autor principal:	Rebecca Raphael
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Publicado:	University of Sheffield 2021
Materias:	star trek fan studies jewish temple ezekiel talmud The Bible BS1-2970
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:19686a875c9e437d86812f0f6f1adfbe2021-11-18T14:47:01ZSacred Schematics, or Ships and Sanctuaries2633-069510.17613/wnc7-8w05https://doaj.org/article/19686a875c9e437d86812f0f6f1adfbe2021-01-01T00:00:00Zhttps://hcommons.org/deposits/view/hc:42794/CONTENT/3-sacred-schematics-or-ships-and-sanctuaries-rebecca-raphael-41-62.pdf/https://doaj.org/toc/2633-0695This paper compares the development of fictional ship schematics for the original Star Trek’s Enterprise to the scribal schematics of the Temple in two key biblical passages (1 Kings 6 and Ezekiel 40-44) and a Talmudic discussion of the Hall of the Hearth. By centralizing spatial construction over narrative or historicity, we can see some features of fan creative activity that are distinctive to spatiality. While a connection between these documents and actual structures (temple, spaceship) is both possible but not-currently-real, I argue that such passages have a similar blending of basic concepts, real structures, and sheer imaginal elaboration. As with the fan’s engagement with ship schematics, the scribe or exegete’s activity in Temple schematics finds a significant part of its value in the imaginal activity itself, which demands a deep attentiveness and opens on to imaginal independence from “real” places.Rebecca RaphaelUniversity of Sheffieldarticlestar trekfan studiesjewish templeezekieltalmudThe BibleBS1-2970ENJournal for Interdisciplinary Biblical Studies, Vol 3, Iss 2, Pp 41-62 (2021)
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description	This paper compares the development of fictional ship schematics for the original Star Trek’s Enterprise to the scribal schematics of the Temple in two key biblical passages (1 Kings 6 and Ezekiel 40-44) and a Talmudic discussion of the Hall of the Hearth. By centralizing spatial construction over narrative or historicity, we can see some features of fan creative activity that are distinctive to spatiality. While a connection between these documents and actual structures (temple, spaceship) is both possible but not-currently-real, I argue that such passages have a similar blending of basic concepts, real structures, and sheer imaginal elaboration. As with the fan’s engagement with ship schematics, the scribe or exegete’s activity in Temple schematics finds a significant part of its value in the imaginal activity itself, which demands a deep attentiveness and opens on to imaginal independence from “real” places.
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