Imagining the other and constructing Israelite identity in the early Second Temple period /
Imagining the other and constructing Israelite identity in the early Second Temple period / [print]
edited by Ehud Ben Zvi and Diana V. Edelman.
- London ; New York : Bloomsbury T&T Clark, [(c)2014.
- xx, 336 pages ; 24 cm
- Library of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament studies ; 456 .
- Library of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament studies ; 456. .
"The present volume grew out of two sessions ... that took place at the 2011 meeting of the European Association of Biblical Scholars in Thessaloniki, Greece."--Introduction.
Introduction The other : sociological perspectives in a postcolonial age Othering, selfing, 'boundarying' and 'cross-boundarying' as interwoven with socially shared memories : some observations YHWH's othering of Israel Categorical identities : 'ethnified otherness and sameness' : a tool for understanding boundary negotiation in the Pentateuch? Natives and immigrants in the social imagination of the Holiness School Gender and identity in the Book of Numbers Women on the edge Ruth, a born-again Israelite? : one woman's journey through space and time Overcoming otherness in the Book of Ruth Imagined and forgotten communities : othering in the story of Josiah's reform (2 Kings 23) Jonah and the other : a discourse on interpretative competence Denial, deception, or force : how to deal with powerful others in the Book of Esther Imagining the other in the construction of Judahite identity in Ezra-Nehemiah Phinehas and the other priests in Ben Sira and 1 Maccabees Disability, identity, and otherness in Persian-period Israelite thought The other others : a Qumran perspective on disability Diana V. Edelman Jeremiah W. Cataldo Ehud Ben Zvi Diana V. Edelman K are Berge Mark G. Brett Claudia V. Camp Carey Walsh Anne-Mareike Wetter Robert L. Cohn Terje Stordalen Susanne Gillmayr-Bucher Jean-Daniel Macchi Tamara Cohn Eskenazi Tobias Funke Rebecca Raphael Anke Dorman.
"This volume sheds light on how particular constructions of the 'Other'contributed to an ongoing process of defining what 'Israel' or an 'Israelite'was or was supposed to be in literature taken to be authoritative in the late Persian and Early Hellenistic periods. It asks, who is an insider and who an outsider? Are boundaries permeable? Are there different ideas expressed within individual books? What about constructions of the (partial) 'Other' from inside, e.g., women, people whose body did not fit social constructions of normalness? It includes chapters dealing with theoretical issues and case studies, and addresses similar issues from the perspective of groups in the late Second Temple period so as to shed light on processes of continuity and discontinuity on these matters. Preliminary forms of five of the contributions were presented in Thessaloniki in 2011 in the research programme, 'Production and Reception of Authoritative Books in the Persian and Hellenistic Period,' at the Annual Meeting of European Association of Biblical Studies (EABS)"--
9780567248725 0567248720
2014031796
GBB450303 bnb
016713787 Uk
Identity (Philosophical concept)--Congresses.
Israel
Israelite identity Biblical scholars
Aufsatzsammlung.
BS1199.I434 2014 BS1199.E84.E22.I434 2014
"The present volume grew out of two sessions ... that took place at the 2011 meeting of the European Association of Biblical Scholars in Thessaloniki, Greece."--Introduction.
Introduction The other : sociological perspectives in a postcolonial age Othering, selfing, 'boundarying' and 'cross-boundarying' as interwoven with socially shared memories : some observations YHWH's othering of Israel Categorical identities : 'ethnified otherness and sameness' : a tool for understanding boundary negotiation in the Pentateuch? Natives and immigrants in the social imagination of the Holiness School Gender and identity in the Book of Numbers Women on the edge Ruth, a born-again Israelite? : one woman's journey through space and time Overcoming otherness in the Book of Ruth Imagined and forgotten communities : othering in the story of Josiah's reform (2 Kings 23) Jonah and the other : a discourse on interpretative competence Denial, deception, or force : how to deal with powerful others in the Book of Esther Imagining the other in the construction of Judahite identity in Ezra-Nehemiah Phinehas and the other priests in Ben Sira and 1 Maccabees Disability, identity, and otherness in Persian-period Israelite thought The other others : a Qumran perspective on disability Diana V. Edelman Jeremiah W. Cataldo Ehud Ben Zvi Diana V. Edelman K are Berge Mark G. Brett Claudia V. Camp Carey Walsh Anne-Mareike Wetter Robert L. Cohn Terje Stordalen Susanne Gillmayr-Bucher Jean-Daniel Macchi Tamara Cohn Eskenazi Tobias Funke Rebecca Raphael Anke Dorman.
"This volume sheds light on how particular constructions of the 'Other'contributed to an ongoing process of defining what 'Israel' or an 'Israelite'was or was supposed to be in literature taken to be authoritative in the late Persian and Early Hellenistic periods. It asks, who is an insider and who an outsider? Are boundaries permeable? Are there different ideas expressed within individual books? What about constructions of the (partial) 'Other' from inside, e.g., women, people whose body did not fit social constructions of normalness? It includes chapters dealing with theoretical issues and case studies, and addresses similar issues from the perspective of groups in the late Second Temple period so as to shed light on processes of continuity and discontinuity on these matters. Preliminary forms of five of the contributions were presented in Thessaloniki in 2011 in the research programme, 'Production and Reception of Authoritative Books in the Persian and Hellenistic Period,' at the Annual Meeting of European Association of Biblical Studies (EABS)"--
9780567248725 0567248720
2014031796
GBB450303 bnb
016713787 Uk
Identity (Philosophical concept)--Congresses.
Israel
Israelite identity Biblical scholars
Aufsatzsammlung.
BS1199.I434 2014 BS1199.E84.E22.I434 2014