Seeking a homeland : sojourn and ethnic identity in the ancestral narratives of Genesis / by Elisabeth Robertson Kennedy.

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Kennedy, Elisabeth Robertson

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TextSeries: Biblical interpretation series ; 106.Publication details: Boston : Brill, 2011.Description: 1 online resource (xiii, 266 pages)Content type:

text

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computer

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online resource

ISBN:

9789004191693
9004191690
9789004214705
9004214704

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: Seeking a homeland.DDC classification:

222/.11066 22

LOC classification:

BS1235.52 .K47 2011eb

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Contents:

1. A place for sojourn -- Theoretical tools: Anthony D. Smith -- Mapping an ethnoscape: sojourn in the itinerary notices -- Bolstering ethnic election: sojourn in the promise speeches -- Constructing relational ethics: sojourn in the dialogues -- Conclusions: journeying on trajectories for reflection.

Summary: 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.

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 243-255) and index.

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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.

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