Israel and Judah redefined : migration, trauma, and empire in the sixth century BCE / C. L. Crouch.
"In Israel and Judah Redefined, C. L. Crouch uses trauma studies, postcolonial theory, and social-scientific research on migration to analyse the impact of mass displacements and imperial power on Israelite and Judahite identity in the sixth century BCE. Crouch argues that the trauma of deporta...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY :
Cambridge University Press,
2021.
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| Series: | Monograph series (Society for Old Testament Study)
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| Summary: | "In Israel and Judah Redefined, C. L. Crouch uses trauma studies, postcolonial theory, and social-scientific research on migration to analyse the impact of mass displacements and imperial power on Israelite and Judahite identity in the sixth century BCE. Crouch argues that the trauma of deportation affected Israelite identity differently depending on resettlement context. Deportees resettled in rural Babylonia took an isolationist approach to Israelite identity, whereas deportees resettled in urban contexts took a more integrationist approach. Crouch also emphasises the impact of mass displacement on identity concerns in the homeland, demonstrating that displacement and the experience of Babylonian imperial rule together facilitated major developments in Judahite identity. The diverse experiences of this period produced bitter conflict between Israelites and Judahites, as well as diverse attempts to resolve this conflict. Inspired by studies of forced migration and by postcolonial analyses of imperial domination, Crouch's book highlights the crucial contribution of this era to the story of Israel and Judah"-- |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xi, 180 pages). |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 1108621597 9781108579797 1108579795 9781108621595 |
| DOI: | 10.1017/9781108579797 |
| Source of Description, Etc. Note: | Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on September 14, 2021). |