Language:
English
Year of publication:
2020
Titel der Quelle:
Violence in the Hebrew Bible; Between Text and Reception
Angaben zur Quelle:
(2020) 177-189
Keywords:
Bible. Criticism, interpretation, etc.
;
Excommunication (Jewish law)
;
Apartheid
;
Jews History To 1200 B.C.
Abstract:
The exodus movement ranges between the poles of liberation and oppression. The Israelites’ departure from Egypt constituted their liberation from the Egyptians, but their arrival in Canaan constituted their oppression of the Canaanites. In liberation theology’s elaboration of the exodus biblical paradigm, however, the relation between these two poles is not addressed, most likely due to the oppressive nature of the conquest. South American and African theologies of liberation have focused on the departure from Egypt and embraced the exodus as a liberation movement. Palestinian and the Native American theologies of liberation, on the other hand, have focused on the conquest and rejected the exodus as an oppressive, violent movement. This chapter suggests that a comprehensive engagement with the exodus could turn out to be fruitful for both liberation movements and could promote a process of reconstruction after the liberation struggle in newly liberated nations.
DOI:
10.1163/9789004434684_011
URL:
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