War, Memory, and National Identity in the Hebrew Bible

Wright, Jacob L.

doi:10.1017/9781108691512

2020

DOI: 10.1017/9781108691512

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War, Memory, and National Identity in the Hebrew Bible

Jacob L. Wright

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The ancestors’ masculinities in Genesis

Winkler

2021

Journal for the Study of the Old Testament

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In Genesis, many of the male protagonists represent different peoples in the Levant and their relationships among each other. How those ancestors perform as ‘masculine’ men reflects the notion of the masculinity of the peoples descending from them, formulated from an Israelite/Judahite point of view. While the ancestors of Israel and Judah (Seth, Abraham, Isaac, Jacob) perform a certain masculine style, which can be labelled as pious, peaceful, gentle, smart and cultivated, the ancestors of neighbouring peoples (Ham, Lot, Ishmael, Esau) are portrayed as wild or sexually perverted but also aggressive, dominant or hypermasculine. The authors perceive their own people in a historically realistic way; they are no super-men. However, their masculine performance is favoured throughout and even divinely approved.

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The ancestors’ masculinities in Genesis

Winkler

2021

Journal for the Study of the Old Testament

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Triumph and Trauma: Justifications of Mass Violence in Deuteronomistic Historiography

Markl¹

2022

Open Theology

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This article investigates the justifications of mass violence in Deuteronomistic historiography through the lens of cultural trauma. The analysis concentrates on the representation and justification of mass violence, that is mass killings and other forms of violence against non-combatants, in Israel’s conquest of the promised land in the books of Deuteronomy and Joshua as well as during the loss of the land at the hand of the Assyrian and Babylonian armies, as narrated in 2 Kings 17–25. A comparison of these texts and their respective historical backgrounds helps to profile the contrasts and continuities between them. Trauma theory sheds light on both narratives as media to recover agency and to reconstruct collective identity for emerging Judaism via the historiographical representation of cultural trauma.

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Identity and Otherness in the Rahab Story. Analysis of the Rahab Speech (Josh 2:9–11)

Toczyski

2024

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The biblical story of Rahab of Jericho was included in the Book of Joshua to serve a specific purpose in a remote historical context. This article focuses on a possible function of the Rahab story, which might have been employed by the author/redactor as a literary pattern for cross-cultural encounters between different groups, such as the Canaanite clan of Rahab and the Israelites. The Deuteronomistic Law demands the removal of “others” and separation from them, while Rahab, “the outsider,” is saved and protected by the Israelites. This fact may not only prove the benevolence of the Israelites but also be evidence of a recurring literary pattern of constructing national and religious self-identity first through retelling and eventually rewriting stories. Since the Rahab story has been read/heard by ancient audiences and by many readers through the centuries, this pattern may also prove relevant for contemporary readers by providing grounds for intercultural dialogue in the modern world.

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War, Memory, and National Identity in the Hebrew Bible

Cited by 5 publications

References 126 publications

The ancestors’ masculinities in Genesis

The ancestors’ masculinities in Genesis

Triumph and Trauma: Justifications of Mass Violence in Deuteronomistic Historiography

Identity and Otherness in the Rahab Story. Analysis of the Rahab Speech (Josh 2:9–11)

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