“The Land Is Mine” (Leviticus 25

(23): Reimagining the Jubilee in the Context of the Palestinian-Israeli Conflict

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ID21453418
AuthorsSimon J Joseph (0000-0002-4119-4142, Simon J. Joseph, Ph.D. (Claremont Graduate University) is Lecturer in Early Christianity at the University of California, Los Angeles, Study of Religion Interdepartmental Program, 378 Kaplan Hall, Los Angeles, CA, 90095.. He is the author of four books, including most recently, Jesus, the Essenes, and Christian Origins: New Light on Ancient Texts and Communities (Waco, TX: Baylor University Press, 2018)., corresponding author)
Year2020
Volume50
Issue4
Pages180-190
Publication date2020-11-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueBiblical Theology Bulletin Journal of Bible and Culture (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0146-1079 • E-ISSN: 1945-7596
PublisherSAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/0146107920958985
OpenAlexW3096099265
LanguageEN
References cited30

The Jubilee tradition commemorates the release of slaves, the remission of debt, and the repatriation of property, a “day” of physical and spiritual restoration. The Jubilee tradition—originating in a constitutional vision of ancient Israel periodically restoring its ancestral sovereignty as custodians of the land—became a master symbol of biblical theology, a powerful ideological resource as well as a promise of a divinely realized future during the Second Temple period, when the Qumran community envisioned an eschatological Jubilee and the early Jesus tradition remembered Jesus’ nonviolence in Jubilee-terms. Jubilee themes can also be identified in ideals inscribed in the founding of America, the Abolition movement, the Women’s Liberation Movement, the Civil Rights movement, and Liberation Theology. This study seeks to extend the exploration of Jubilee themes by adopting a comparative methodological approach, re-examining Jubilee themes in the context of the contemporary Palestinian-Israeli conflict, where the dream of Peace in the Middle East continues to play out in predominantly politicized contexts

Ancient history · Archaeology · Context (archaeology) · Custodians · Millenarianism · Political science · Politics · Repatriation · Sociology · Sovereignty · Theology · History · Jewish and Middle Eastern Studies · Law · Middle East and Rwanda Conflicts · Middle East Politics and Society · Philosophy · Religious studies

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