Adopting the Stranger as Kindred in Deuteronomy
Glanville's study investigates the passages in Deuteronomy which deal with the ger. He observes that virtually all these texts advocate the inclusion of the ger in the extended family, the local community, and ultimately the people of YHWH. The inclusion is advanced mainly in the economic realm...
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| Format: | Electronic Review |
| Language: | English |
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Amsterdam University Press
2020
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European journal of theology
Year: 2020, Volume: 29, Issue: 1, Pages: 79-81 |
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| Summary: | Glanville's study investigates the passages in Deuteronomy which deal with the ger. He observes that virtually all these texts advocate the inclusion of the ger in the extended family, the local community, and ultimately the people of YHWH. The inclusion is advanced mainly in the economic realm, the judiciary, and through the participation in religious festivals. This part of the analysis is convincing. Less compelling is his view that the inclusion proceeds in three steps, represented in the three major hypothetical layers of Deuteronomy. The question of the provenance of the ger is answered by saying that the term only points to displacement, without indicating whether national(-religious) foreignness is implied. Based on the historical reconstruction, in a majority of cases the ger is a fellow Israelite. (English) |
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| ISSN: | 2666-9730 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: European journal of theology
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.5117/EJT2020.1.011.ZEHN |