Ghosts of the Remnant: A Postcolonial Reading of the Relationship between History and Identity in Jeremiah 39–44

The book of Jeremiah is well-known for the aporias and fractures within its text, which are much discussed. In Jeremiah 39–44 these confusions appear as indicative of two antagonistic community identities, one of which seeks (and fails) to repress the other in their claims to be the people of Israel...

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Main Author: Swithinbank, Hannah J. (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Interlibrary Loan:Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany)
Published: 2025
In: Biblical interpretation
Year: 2025, Volume: 33, Issue: 3, Pages: 215-235
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Bible. Jeremia 39-44 / Bible. Jeremia 2 / Judah (People) / Historiography / Group identity / Postcolonialism / Ngugi wa Thiong'o 1938-2025 / Bhabha, Homi K. 1949- / Trouillot, Michel-Rolph 1949-2012
IxTheo Classification:FD Contextual theology
HB Old Testament
KBN Sub-Saharan Africa
Further subjects:B Historiography
B community identity
B Jeremiah 2
B Judah
B Postcolonialism
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