Pub Date : 2024-04-30DOI: 10.1163/18712207-12341484
Sophia R.C. Johnson
In an attempt to trace the tradition of nationalism back to ancient Israel, public intellectual Yarom Hazony reads Deuteronomy 2 as a representation of ancient values of land-bounded autonomy and cultural homogeny. However, he overlooks two key aspects of the passage: 1) the familial and theological reasoning behind the divine protection of the other peoples, and 2) the messy aetiologies of how those peoples came to inhabit their lands. God calls the Edomites, Moabites, and Ammonites “brothers” and “sons of Esau” or “Lot,” suggesting that the prohibition against invasion is not based on respect for sovereignty but instead mythological family and relative social connection. Thus, using postcolonial theories of group identity from Gayatri Spivak, this article argues that Deut 2 does not represent an ancient (pre)conception of the nation-state but rather a (re)negotiation of group relations and social identities in connection to co-habitation of the Levant.
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Pub Date : 2024-04-30DOI: 10.1163/18712207-12341483
Stephen C. Russell
Jamaica’s 1865 Morant Bay rebellion, now widely recognized as a watershed in the history of the Atlantic world, fundamentally shaped discussions about Jamaica’s political and legal status within the British empire. Here, I analyze a little-known narrative of the rebellion written by Jewish newspaper editor Sidney Levien in pseudobiblical style, with almost every sentence of the account echoing the language of the King James Version of the Bible. I locate Levien’s narrative within a literary tradition that used pseudobiblical style to describe contemporary political life, especially in America. The literary tradition, identified by historian Eran Shalev, transposed contemporary politics into events of biblical proportion. By using pseudobiblical style, Levien advanced a sense of Jamaica’s importance in nineteenth-century political imagination. While many accounts conceptualized the rebellion as a struggle between White landowners and Black laborers, Levien refused to present Jamaica as a White fatherland or a Black republic.
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Pub Date : 2023-08-29DOI: 10.1163/18712207-12341475
R. Foster
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Pub Date : 2023-08-29DOI: 10.1163/18712207-12341470
Jerry Hwang
Hebrew Bible scholars tend to dismiss Deuteronomy’s “Law of the King” (17:14–20) as a utopian construct that was never realistic and/or historical. Underlying these views, however, are certain assumptions about what is culturally plausible in a world dominated by sacral kingship. Since this is the most common form of government in human history, generalizations about the historicity of Deuteronomic kingship requires an intercultural analysis of theopolitics, divine right of kings, and separation of powers. This article sets Deuteronomic kingship in the larger context of sacral kingship in Asia, Africa, Europe, and the Americas. What then emerges is the bridging of a notable false dichotomy in scholarship – Israel’s form of sacral kingship is both distinctive as well as realistic in nature. This suggests that skepticism about the historicity of the “Law of the King” is beholden to a Eurocentric frame of reference which is also skeptical of Western-style absolute monarchy.
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Pub Date : 2023-08-29DOI: 10.1163/18712207-12341477
David B. Gowler
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Pub Date : 2023-08-29DOI: 10.1163/18712207-12341474
William Ford
In Gen 12–50 the interactions between the patriarchs and the Canaanites are more positive than in the later Hebrew Scriptures, with the exception of the ban on marriage. This article examines the relevant passages in Genesis (24; 26:34–28:9; 34 and especially 38), reading them canonically, particularly in light of the patriarchal promises which form a key underlying theme of the patriarchal narratives. It is argued that while the passages discourage exogamy, the situation is more complex than a simple ban. This is particularly so in the case of Tamar (Gen 38). While (probably) Canaanite she is the hero of the story and the ancestor of both David and Jesus, becoming an important part of the fulfilment of the promises. A brief comparison with the conquest narratives suggest that this complexity is also evident there, and that the focus is not on ethnicity but on one’s attitude to YHWH.
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Pub Date : 2023-08-29DOI: 10.1163/18712207-12341473
Michael Glowasky
The discovery of Jesus’ identity as the Messiah is often understood to be the central driving force of the first half of Mark’s narrative (1:14–8:30). However, from the perspective of narrative continuity, it is not always clear how each of the micro-narratives within the larger narrative unit support this purpose. Particularly puzzling in this regard is the two instances where the author briefly describes Jesus going away to pray privately by himself (1:35; 6:46). While these two verses have often been overlooked by scholars when considering Mark’s narrative purpose, this essay considers these two micro-narratives as important instances of indirect characterization, arguing that they develop layers of narrative typology in order to characterize Jesus as a key figure within Israel’s prophetic tradition.
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Pub Date : 2023-08-29DOI: 10.1163/18712207-12341476
S. Fowl
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Pub Date : 2023-08-29DOI: 10.1163/18712207-12341471
D. Nascimento
Num 20,1–13 apparently re-edits the water miracle of Exod 17,1–7. The outcome, however, is far more dramatic. By striking a rock in the wilderness, Moses manages again to supply water to the thirsting people, but he and Aaron receive a heavy sanction. They will not be able to lead the people into the Promised Land. The reason for this punishment is obscure, and many interpreters throughout the centuries have ventured to propose different motives. By a close reading of the text as it stands, particularly the discrepancies between the commands of God and their execution by the leaders, we argue that a more holistic solution can be found to this difficult problem. Instead of a specific action or gesture, it is the overall posture of Moses and Aaron that conditions the outcome.
Num 20,1–13显然重新编辑了Exod 17,1–7的水奇迹。然而，结果要戏剧性得多。摩西在荒野中击打一块石头，再次设法为饥饿的人们供水，但他和亚伦受到了严厉的制裁。他们将无法带领人民进入应许之地。这种惩罚的原因尚不清楚，几个世纪以来，许多口译员都大胆提出了不同的动机。仔细阅读目前的文本，特别是上帝的命令和领导人执行命令之间的差异，我们认为可以找到一个更全面的解决方案来解决这个难题。摩西和亚伦的整体姿态决定了结果，而不是具体的动作或姿态。
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Pub Date : 2023-08-29DOI: 10.1163/18712207-12341478
Brandon R. Grafius
{"title":"Joban Papers, written by David J. A. Clines","authors":"Brandon R. Grafius","doi":"10.1163/18712207-12341478","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1163/18712207-12341478","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":40398,"journal":{"name":"Horizons in Biblical Theology","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.1,"publicationDate":"2023-08-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46088193","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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