Literacy, utopia and memory: is there a public teaching in Deuteronomy?
The “teaching program” in Deuteronomy presupposes a degree of general literacy that goes beyond what was possible at the time of its production. This article investigates the possibility of seeing this program as a utopia meant for the reading elite rather than for the public. This is a desire in wh...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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2012
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The journal of Hebrew scriptures
Year: 2012, Volume: 12, Pages: 1-19 |
| IxTheo Classification: | HB Old Testament |
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| Summary: | The “teaching program” in Deuteronomy presupposes a degree of general literacy that goes beyond what was possible at the time of its production. This article investigates the possibility of seeing this program as a utopia meant for the reading elite rather than for the public. This is a desire in which “historically situated actors seek to reimagine their present and transform it into a plausible future”. It is a vision of a reading community based on the explication of the Book of the Torah of Moses. |
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| ISSN: | 1203-1542 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: The journal of Hebrew scriptures
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.5508/jhs.2012.v12.a3 |