At Exodus as the Door of (No) Return
The author discusses how acts of racial violence in the U.S. and around the world contribute to community fragmentation and cultural memory. Topics covered include the movement of ideologies of violence to local and global politics, Western civilization's use of Scriptures to enslave African Am...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Scholar's Press
[2017]
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| In: |
Journal of Biblical literature
Year: 2017, Volume: 136, Issue: 1, Pages: 213-220 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
USA
/ Blacks
/ Exodus
/ Emigration (Motif)
/ Literature
/ Narration
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| IxTheo Classification: | CD Christianity and Culture HB Old Testament KBQ North America |
| Further subjects: | B
United States
B Violence B Storytelling B Western Civilization B Bible. Exodus B AFRICAN American social conditions B Collective Memory |
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| Summary: | The author discusses how acts of racial violence in the U.S. and around the world contribute to community fragmentation and cultural memory. Topics covered include the movement of ideologies of violence to local and global politics, Western civilization's use of Scriptures to enslave African Americans, and community formation around alienation and rupture. Also noted is the question of how violence and communal responses to it shape the narrative content of Exodus and its storytelling. |
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| ISSN: | 1934-3876 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Journal of Biblical literature
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.15699/jbl.1361.2017.1365 |