The Sons of Esau and Lot
Reevaluating National States in Deuteronomy 2
Dados Bibliográficos
| ID | 21476969 |
|---|---|
| Autores | Sophia R C Johnson (0000-0002-7178-4733, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Evangelisch-Theologische Fakultät GA 8/158, Universitätsstraße 150, 44801 Bochum Germany, autor correspondente) |
| Ano | 2024 |
| Volume | 46 |
| Fascículo | 1 |
| Páginas | 44-64 |
| Data de publicação | 2024-04-30 |
| Peer Reviewed | Sim |
| Open Access | Não |
| Tipo | ARTICLE |
| Periódico | Horizons in Biblical Theology (JOURNAL) |
| Identificadores do periódico | ISSN: 0195-9085 • E-ISSN: 1871-2207 |
| Editora | Walter de Gruyter GmbH (PUBLISHER • DE) |
| DOI | 10.1163/18712207-12341484 |
| OpenAlex | W4404301376 |
| Idioma | EN |
| Citações recebidas | 1 |
| Referências citadas | 7 |
In an attempt to trace the tradition of nationalism back to ancient Israel, public intellectual Yarom Hazony reads Deuteronomy 2 as a representation of ancient values of land-bounded autonomy and cultural homogeny. However, he overlooks two key aspects of the passage: 1) the familial and theological reasoning behind the divine protection of the other peoples, and 2) the messy aetiologies of how those peoples came to inhabit their lands. God calls the Edomites, Moabites, and Ammonites “brothers” and “sons of Esau” or “Lot,” suggesting that the prohibition against invasion is not based on respect for sovereignty but instead mythological family and relative social connection. Thus, using postcolonial theories of group identity from Gayatri Spivak, this article argues that Deut 2 does not represent an ancient (pre)conception of the nation-state but rather a (re)negotiation of group relations and social identities in connection to co-habitation of the Levant
Archaeology · Biblical studies · Ancient Egypt and Archaeology · Biblical Studies and Interpretation · Historical and Linguistic Studies · History · Philosophy
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