Echoes of Rachel's Weeping: Intertextuality and Trauma in Jer. 31:15
The image of Rachel's inconsolable weeping for her lost children in Jer. 31:15 presents a specific kind of response to a cultural trauma. As this paper argues, understanding this response is enriched both by analyzing the extra-textual literary strategy of the passage itself and by engaging in...
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| Tipo de documento: | Recurso Electrónico Artigo |
| Idioma: | Inglês |
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Brill
[2019]
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| Em: |
Biblical interpretation
Ano: 2019, Volume: 27, Número: 3, Páginas: 413-435 |
| (Cadeias de) Palavra- chave padrão: | B
Bibel. Jeremia 31,15
/ Bibel. Genesis 37
/ Rahel, Personagem bíblico
/ Trauma
/ Intertextualidade
/ Alusão
/ Atualidade
/ Kanada
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| Classificações IxTheo: | FD Teologia contextual HB Antigo Testamento |
| Outras palavras-chave: | B
Witness Blanket
B Intertextuality B Allusion B Jeremiah B Exile B Trauma |
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Volltext (lizenzpflichtig) Volltext (lizenzpflichtig) |
| Resumo: | The image of Rachel's inconsolable weeping for her lost children in Jer. 31:15 presents a specific kind of response to a cultural trauma. As this paper argues, understanding this response is enriched both by analyzing the extra-textual literary strategy of the passage itself and by engaging in an intertextual reading of the ancient text with a contemporary artistic response to trauma. By means of an allusion to Genesis 37, Jer. 31:15 makes a case both for the continued existence of the people of Israel and for the legitimacy of experiencing the exile as a metaphorical death. What Jer. 31:15 accomplishes textually for a sixth century BCE Judean audience, the Witness Blanket accomplishes in a visual medium for threatened Canadian native cultures. Both texts stage a protest against the threat to the continued existence of culture by asserting the persistent potency of its cultural symbols. |
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| ISSN: | 1568-5152 |
| Obras secundárias: | Enthalten in: Biblical interpretation
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1163/15685152-00273P06 |