Książka Conceiving a Nation Mira Morgenstern

Conceiving a Nation

The Development of Political Discourse in the Hebrew Bible

Język: Angielski
Oprawa: Miękka
Dostępność: Dostępna u dostawcy
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Current conflicts in both national and international arenas have undermined the natural, organic con...

Informacje o książce

Język
Angielski
Oprawa
Książka - Miękka
Data wydania
2012
strony
240
EAN
9780271034744
ISBN
0271034742
Enbook ID
04564462
Waga
454
Wymiary
152 x 229 x 17

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Current conflicts in both national and international arenas have undermined the natural, organic concept of nationhood as conventionally espoused in the nineteenth century. Conceiving a Nation argues that the modern understanding of the nation as a contested concept-as the product of a fluid and ongoing process of negotiation open to a range of livable solutions-is actually rooted in the Bible. This book draws attention to the contribution that the Bible makes to political discourse about the nation. The Bible is particularly well suited to this open-ended discourse because of its own nature as a text whose ambiguity and laconic quality render it constantly open to new interpretations and applicable to changing circumstances. The Bible offers a pluralistic understanding of different models of political development for different nations, and it depicts altering concepts of national identity over time. In this book, Morgenstern reads the Bible as the source of a dynamic critique of the ideas that are conventionally considered to be fundamental to national identity, treating in successive chapters the ethnic (Ruth), the cultural (Samson), the political (Jotham), and the territorial (Esther). Throughout, she explores a number of common themes, such as the relationship of women to political authority and the "strangeness" of Israelite political existence. In the Conclusion, she elucidates how biblical analysis can aid in recognition of modern claims to nationhood.

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