Seeking a homeland [[electronic resource] ] : sojourn and ethnic identity in the ancestral narratives of Genesis / / by Elisabeth Robertson Kennedy
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| Autore: |
Kennedy Elisabeth Robertson
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| Titolo: |
Seeking a homeland [[electronic resource] ] : sojourn and ethnic identity in the ancestral narratives of Genesis / / by Elisabeth Robertson Kennedy
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| Pubblicazione: | Boston, : Brill, 2011 |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (280 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 222/.11066 |
| Soggetto genere / forma: | Electronic books. |
| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references (p. [243]-255) and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | 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. |
| Sommario/riassunto: | 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. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Seeking a homeland |
| ISBN: | 1-283-12028-3 |
| 9786613120281 | |
| 90-04-21470-4 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910461649903321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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Serie:
Biblical interpretation series ; ; v. 106.