03300nam 2200601 a 450 991046164990332120200520144314.01-283-12028-3978661312028190-04-21470-410.1163/ej.9789004191693.i-266(CKB)2670000000093471(EBL)717536(OCoLC)729755005(SSID)ssj0000502921(PQKBManifestationID)11346611(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000502921(PQKBWorkID)10520251(PQKB)10589031(MiAaPQ)EBC717536(OCoLC)690904528(nllekb)BRILL9789004214705(PPN)170735257(Au-PeEL)EBL717536(CaPaEBR)ebr10470471(CaONFJC)MIL312028(EXLCZ)99267000000009347120101119d2011 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrSeeking a homeland[electronic resource] sojourn and ethnic identity in the ancestral narratives of Genesis /by Elisabeth Robertson KennedyBoston Brill20111 online resource (280 p.)Biblical interpretation series,0928-0731 ;v. 106Description based upon print version of record.90-04-19169-0 Includes bibliographical references (p. [243]-255) and index.Preliminary Material /E. R. Kennedy -- Introduction: A Place For Sojourn /E. R. Kennedy -- Chapter One. Theoretical Tools: Anthony D. Smith /E. R. Kennedy -- Chapter Two. Mapping An Ethnoscape: Sojourn In The Itinerary Notices /E. R. Kennedy -- Chapter Three. Bolstering Ethnic Election: Sojourn In The Promise Speeches /E. R. Kennedy -- Chapter Four. Constructing Relational Ethics: Sojourn In The Dialogues /E. R. Kennedy -- Chapter Five. Conclusions: Journeying On /E. R. Kennedy -- Bibliography /E. R. Kennedy -- Index Of Names /E. R. Kennedy -- Index Of Subjects /E. R. Kennedy.Sojourn is a Leitwort in the ancestral narratives of Genesis, repeatedly accentuated as an important descriptor of the patriarchs’ identity and experience. This study shows that despite its connotations of alienation, sojourn language in Genesis contributes to a strong communal identity for biblical Israel. An innovative application of Anthony D. Smith’s theory of ethnic myth utilizes the categories of ethnoscape, election, and communal ethics as analytical tools in the investigation of the Genesis sojourn texts. Close exegetical treatment reveals sojourn to strengthen Israel’s ethnic identity in ways that are varied and at times paradoxical. Its very complexity, however, makes it particularly useful as a resource for group identity at times when straightforward categories of territorial and social affiliation may fail.Biblical interpretation series ;v. 106.Electronic books.222/.11066Kennedy Elisabeth Robertson976860MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910461649903321Seeking a homeland2225384UNINA