Strange Bedfellows

Dados Bibliográficos

ID12202062
AutoresSheldon Steen (Florida State University, autor correspondente)
Ano2017
Volume29
Fascículo2
Páginas155-180
Data de publicação2017-01-24
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessNão
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoMethod & Theory in the Study of Religion (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0943-3058 • E-ISSN: 1570-0682
EditoraBrill (PUBLISHER • NL)
DOI10.1163/15700682-12341388
OpenAlexW2903096262
IdiomaEN
Referências citadas34

This paper offers a comparative analysis of two people in situations of seemingly contested allegiances: David Brog and Josephus. While the two come from wildly disparate contexts, they nonetheless employ strikingly similar rhetorical strategies as they justify their cooperation with a group to which they would otherwise appear to be categorically opposed. In this paper I examine, compare, and contrast the rhetorical strategies of both, with particular attention to strategies of legitimation (both internal and external), their reconstructions of history, and how each minimizes the importance of apocalypticism. While there is certainly more that distinguishes the two than unites them, this comparative analysis will hopefully give insight into how people navigate complex identities, particularly when those identities, at least from an outsider’s perspective, would appear to be in conflict

Apocalypticism · Epistemology · Legitimation · Linguistics · Perspective (graphical · Political science · Politics · Rhetorical question · Sociology · American Constitutional Law and Politics · Biblical Studies and Interpretation · Computer Science · Historical and Linguistic Studies · Law · Philosophy