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Record Nr.

UNINA9910793010803321

Autore

Glanville Mark R.

Titolo

Adopting the stranger as kindred in Deuteronomy / / Mark R. Glanville

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Atlanta, GA : , : SBL Press, , [2018]

©2018

ISBN

0-88414-312-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (333 pages)

Collana

Ancient Israel and Its Literature

Disciplina

222.1506

Soggetti

Strangers in the Bible

Emigration and immigration in the Bible

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

Review of the scholarship and methodology -- GR: cognates and use in other texts -- The gēr in social law -- The gēr in law of judicial procedure -- The gēr in Deuteronomy's feasts -- The gēr in Deuteronomy's framework (Deut 1-12, 27-34).

Sommario/riassunto

"Deuteronomy addresses social contexts of widespread displacement, an issue affecting sixty-five million people today. In this book Mark R. Glanville investigates how Deuteronomy fosters the integration of the stranger as kindred into the community of Yahweh. According to Deuteronomy, displaced people are to be enfolded within the household, within the clan, and within the nation. Deuteronomy demonstrates the immense creativity that communities may invest in enfolding displaced and vulnerable people, nourishing inclusivism through social law, law of judicial procedure, communal feasting, and covenant renewal texts. Deuteronomy's call to include the stranger as kindred presents contemporary nation-states with an opportunity and a responsibility to reimagine themselves and their disposition toward displaced strangers today"--