National reconstruction and literary creativity in Ezra-Nehemiah: A black South African perspective
The central thrust of this article is an analysis of the socio-ideological character of the Ezra-Nehemiah literature. It is shown how this text in a tripartite literary form creatively preserves and presents the historical memory (images) of national reconstruction in the second temple period. The w...
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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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1994
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| In: |
Old Testament essays
Year: 1994, Volume: 7, Issue: 2, Pages: 277-301 |
| Further subjects: | B
Second Temple Period
B Ezra-Nehemiah literature B Affirmative Action B Materialist-sensitive reading B Ideology of separatism B Tripartite literary form B White-male controlled B Persian legitimation B Afrikaner Reformed tradition B Hermeneutical frame of reference |
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| Summary: | The central thrust of this article is an analysis of the socio-ideological character of the Ezra-Nehemiah literature. It is shown how this text in a tripartite literary form creatively preserves and presents the historical memory (images) of national reconstruction in the second temple period. The writer further identifies certain ideological strands which provide this narrative its thematic unity for example, the appeal to Persian legitimation and the ideology of separatism. In terms of method, the writer opts for a materialist-sensitive reading. The reason for this hermeneutic preference as opposed to another is explained in terms of the writer's own struggle as a black male academic trying to break into the academic world of South Africa, which is white and male-dominated. |
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| ISSN: | 2312-3621 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Old Testament essays
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| Persistent identifiers: | HDL: 10520/AJA10109919_595 |