"You shall not abhor an edomite, for he is your brother": the tradition of Esau and the edomite genealogies from an anthropological perspective

Words not only reproduce reality, they produce it to us. Wittgenstein has suggested that the meaning (“Bedeutung”) of words is established in and through use. Moreover, he compared language (as parole) to a game that can be fully understood only by those who know its rules (language as langue). Thes...

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Main Author: Tebes, Juan Manuel (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: The National Library of Canada 2006
In: The journal of Hebrew scriptures
Year: 2006, Volume: 6, Pages: 2-30
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Archaeology / Old Testament
IxTheo Classification:HB Old Testament
HH Archaeology
Further subjects:B Anthropology
B Negev
B Esau Biblical person
B Edomites
B Jacob
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Summary:Words not only reproduce reality, they produce it to us. Wittgenstein has suggested that the meaning (“Bedeutung”) of words is established in and through use. Moreover, he compared language (as parole) to a game that can be fully understood only by those who know its rules (language as langue). These rules are radically linked to the actual practice of the game. This article focuses on the term “Israel” in the Hebrew Bible, because it offers us an excellent example of the broad range of references that a term may develop overtime. The article concludes with a reminder to exegetes and theologians that they should refrain from assuming beforehand that if a term is repeatedly read in, read (out) or recited in a text, it must always mean the same within the text itself or, for that matter, in the plane of interaction between text and the exegete or theologian.
ISSN:1203-1542
Contains:Enthalten in: The journal of Hebrew scriptures
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.5508/jhs.2006.v6.a6