Ancient Israelite Population Economy: Ger, Toshav, Nakhri and Karat as Settler Colonial Categories
This article looks in detail at the often-studied categories for aliens and foreigners, together with the karat (cutting off from his people') command in the Pentateuchal legal materials from the perspective of ancient Israel as a settler society. In conversation with previous approaches to th...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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[2017]
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| In: |
Journal for the study of the Old Testament
Year: 2017, Volume: 42, Issue: 2, Pages: 139-153 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Bible. Hexateuch
/ Israel (Antiquity)
/ Colony
/ Foreigner
/ Stranger
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| IxTheo Classification: | AD Sociology of religion; religious policy HB Old Testament |
| Further subjects: | B
Aliens
B the Pentateuch B Settler Colonialism B Foreigners B social scientific approaches B History of ancient Israel |
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| Summary: | This article looks in detail at the often-studied categories for aliens and foreigners, together with the karat (cutting off from his people') command in the Pentateuchal legal materials from the perspective of ancient Israel as a settler society. In conversation with previous approaches to these categories, this study explores how relating them to concepts of population economy in settler colonial societies can help us better understand the text. Issues such as the tripartite division into settler community, indigenous population and exogenous others are considered, while comparisons with other corresponding societies are also made. This article then also looks at how these categories could fit in with various potential settings in ancient Israel, including pre-exilic and postexilic times. |
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| ISSN: | 1476-6728 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Journal for the study of the Old Testament
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1177/0309089216677665 |