Exile as Forced Migrations: A Sociological, Literary, and Theological Approach on the Displacement and Resettlement of the Southern Kingdom of Judah

John J. Ahn

Published by De Gruyter 2011

Exile as Forced Migrations

A Sociological, Literary, and Theological Approach on the Displacement and Resettlement of the Southern Kingdom of Judah

John J. Ahn

Volume 417 in the series Beihefte zur Zeitschrift für die alttestamentliche Wissenschaft

https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110240962

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About this book

Exile as Forced Migrations injects cutting edge studies on forced migrations (DIDPS, IDPs, Refugee studies), displacement and resettlement, and generational issues that mark the exilic period (6th century B.C.E.). Founder and co-chair of the “Exile/Forced Migrations in Biblical Literature” (Society of Biblical Literature) and a member of the American Sociological Association (International Migration Section), Ahn furnishes biblical scholars with up-to-date sociological information to examine critically, the exile as forced migrations in the cadre of economics of migrations. Biblically speaking, Ahn isolates the three varying views on the exile. The 70 years in Babylon is cast as three and a half generations, with each Judeo-Babylonian generation (first-“1.5”-second-third) responding to its own set of issues and concerns (Ps 137, Jer 29, Isa 43, Num 32). This definitive work reframes the approach to study of the exilic period, as “generation-units”, sociologically, from the first forced migration in 597 B.C.E. to the first return migrations in 538 B.C.E. Exile as Forced Migrations goes beyond traditional emphasis on an important edifice and its institution. It rightfully returns to peoples in flight and plight.

Author / Editor information

John J. Ahn, Austin Presbyterian Theological Seminary, TX, USA.

Reviews

"Une bibliographie et deux index de textes de référence et de matières complètent ce livre qui est encore plus actuel en 2016 qu’à l’époque où il a été conçu!"
R. Hunziker-Rodewald in: Revue d'Histoire et de Philosophie Religieuses 96.4 (2016), 440-441

"A.'s sociological anatomy establishes a major foundation for biblical scholarship on exile. Each of the four chapters on the biblical texts provides frontier scholarship. I excitedly anticipate how this astute methodology can be applied to the pertinent issues in Ezra-Nehemiah, Chronicles, and other books written in the Persian period and beyond."
Hyun Chul Paul Kim in: The Catholic Biblical Quarterly 74, 2012

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(Deutsch)

Language: English
Publisher: De Gruyter
Audience: Academics, Libraries, Institutes
Pages
- Front matter: 18
- Main content: 306
Keywords: Exile; Babylon; Judah; Biblical Theology; Forced Migrations

eBook

Published: November 29, 2010
ISBN: 9783110240962

Hardcover

Published: November 16, 2010
ISBN: 9783110240955

Exile as Forced Migrations

A Sociological, Literary, and Theological Approach on the Displacement and Resettlement of the Southern Kingdom of Judah

Frontmatter

Table of Content

Chapter 1. Introduction – Texts, Scholarship, Problems, Approaches

Chapter 2. Forced Migrations – Migrations and Economics

Chapter 3. The First Generation – Psalm 137: Complex Communal Laments

Chapter 4. The 1.5 Generation – Jeremiah 29: Golah Hope

Chapter 5. The Second Generation – Isaiah 43: New Creation

Chapter 6. The Third Generation – Numbers 32: Home

Chapter 7. Conclusion

Backmatter