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Judah's Desire and the Making of the Abrahamic Israel : A Contextual and Functional Approach / Hong Guk-Pyoung.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Beihefte zur Zeitschrift für die alttestamentliche Wissenschaft ; 559Publisher: Berlin ; Boston : De Gruyter, [2024]Copyright date: 2024Description: 1 online resource (XVI, 254 p.)Content type:
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  • 9783111376004
  • 9783111377759
  • 9783111376554
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Contents:
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- List of Tables and Figures -- List of Abbreviations -- 1 Introduction: Why Judah and Israel Again? -- Part I: Judah Desires Israel -- 2 United yet Divided: Reading Judah and Israel in the Context of Two Koreas -- 3 Recent Debate on the Emergence of Biblical Israel -- 4 Rethinking Northern Refugees -- 5 Inferiority, Desire, and Judah’s Contradictory Self -- 6 Israel and Judah, China and its Others -- Part II: Judah Rewrites Israel’s Past -- 7 Tradition, Narrative, and Identity: A Theoretical Discussion -- 8 Jacob and Abraham, North and South -- 9 Jacob: From an Indigenous Hero to Israel’s Father -- 10 Abraham and Forward Expansion of Israel’s Past: A Perspective from Ancient Korean History -- 11 From Jacob to Abraham: Preliminary Observations -- 12 Conclusion: Judah’s Desire and Our Desire -- Bibliography -- Modern Authors Index -- Subject Index -- Scripture Index
Summary: In this refreshing exploration of Judah’s identity formation, the emphasis is placed on the psychological underpinnings of Judah’s sentiments towards Israel, aiming to illuminate the significance of Judah's appropriation of Israel. Richly contextual, this book draws parallels observed in Asian contexts, notably those of North and South Korea, and China with its marginal Others. Central to the thesis is that Judah’s perceived inferiority to Israel played a crucial role in its quest to appropriate Israel’s legacy and identity. Adopting a functionalist lens, Judah’s rewriting of Israel’s ancestral past is examined. The Abraham and Jacob traditions are understood as competing "identity narratives," serving as critical discursive tools to construct their pasts. The study scrutinizes how the southern Abraham tradition fundamentally reoriented the Jacob tradition, North Israel’s standalone ancestral myth. Set against the broader canvas of continued efforts to redefine and embody "Israel" within the history of Judeo-Christian religions, this exploration underscores how Judah's pivotal appropriation of Israel has established a paradigm for all future endeavors of "becoming Israel."

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- List of Tables and Figures -- List of Abbreviations -- 1 Introduction: Why Judah and Israel Again? -- Part I: Judah Desires Israel -- 2 United yet Divided: Reading Judah and Israel in the Context of Two Koreas -- 3 Recent Debate on the Emergence of Biblical Israel -- 4 Rethinking Northern Refugees -- 5 Inferiority, Desire, and Judah’s Contradictory Self -- 6 Israel and Judah, China and its Others -- Part II: Judah Rewrites Israel’s Past -- 7 Tradition, Narrative, and Identity: A Theoretical Discussion -- 8 Jacob and Abraham, North and South -- 9 Jacob: From an Indigenous Hero to Israel’s Father -- 10 Abraham and Forward Expansion of Israel’s Past: A Perspective from Ancient Korean History -- 11 From Jacob to Abraham: Preliminary Observations -- 12 Conclusion: Judah’s Desire and Our Desire -- Bibliography -- Modern Authors Index -- Subject Index -- Scripture Index

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In this refreshing exploration of Judah’s identity formation, the emphasis is placed on the psychological underpinnings of Judah’s sentiments towards Israel, aiming to illuminate the significance of Judah's appropriation of Israel. Richly contextual, this book draws parallels observed in Asian contexts, notably those of North and South Korea, and China with its marginal Others. Central to the thesis is that Judah’s perceived inferiority to Israel played a crucial role in its quest to appropriate Israel’s legacy and identity. Adopting a functionalist lens, Judah’s rewriting of Israel’s ancestral past is examined. The Abraham and Jacob traditions are understood as competing "identity narratives," serving as critical discursive tools to construct their pasts. The study scrutinizes how the southern Abraham tradition fundamentally reoriented the Jacob tradition, North Israel’s standalone ancestral myth. Set against the broader canvas of continued efforts to redefine and embody "Israel" within the history of Judeo-Christian religions, this exploration underscores how Judah's pivotal appropriation of Israel has established a paradigm for all future endeavors of "becoming Israel."

Issued also in print.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

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