Deconstructing Gilgul, Finding Identity: Captain America and the Winter Soldier in a Judaistic Perspective
Captain America and Bucky, characters who appear in Marvel Comics, seem to be temporally displaced. The article scrutinizes that temporal displacement, comparing it with the Judaistic concept of gilgul - the transmigration or reincarnation of the soul - in Kabbalah and Hasidism. Furthermore, the art...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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[2017]
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Journal for religion, film and media
Year: 2017, Volume: 3, Issue: 1, Pages: 105-121 |
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Captain America, Fictitious character
/ Barnes, James Buchanan, Fictitious character
/ Incarnation
/ Gilgul
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| IxTheo Classification: | AB Philosophy of religion; criticism of religion; atheism AD Sociology of religion; religious policy BH Judaism |
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Movies of Marvel Comics
B Judaism B Reincarnation B Marvel Comics |
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| Summary: | Captain America and Bucky, characters who appear in Marvel Comics, seem to be temporally displaced. The article scrutinizes that temporal displacement, comparing it with the Judaistic concept of gilgul - the transmigration or reincarnation of the soul - in Kabbalah and Hasidism. Furthermore, the article compares the presentation o these characters and their displacement in the original comics and the subsequent movies. |
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| ISSN: | 2617-3697 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Journal for religion, film and media
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.25364/05.3:2017.1.6 |