Decolonising Biblical Trauma Studies: The Metaphorical Name Shear-jashub in Isaiah 7:3ff Read Through a Postcolonial South African Perspective
Anyone reading the Bible will attest that Biblical scriptures preserve a collection of struggles, trauma, and hardship in their ancient communities - the same trauma markers that many South Africans can attest to. On the same continuum, anyone who is reading the book of Isaiah, are confronted with n...
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Format: | Electronic Article |
Language: | English |
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[2018]
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Old Testament essays
Year: 2018, Volume: 31, Issue: 3, Pages: 522-533 |
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Jesaja, Prophet
/ Trauma
/ Child
/ Decolonisation
/ Postcolonialism
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IxTheo Classification: | HB Old Testament HD Early Judaism |
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Summary: | Anyone reading the Bible will attest that Biblical scriptures preserve a collection of struggles, trauma, and hardship in their ancient communities - the same trauma markers that many South Africans can attest to. On the same continuum, anyone who is reading the book of Isaiah, are confronted with not only a difficult book but also a difficult prophet. Isaiah did not in Isaiah 7:3ff only address his prophetic utterances at the King as an individual, but also at the people of Judah as a collective group and he did so through the metaphorical name-giving of his son "Shear-jashub. " The fear of imperialism and oppression was a reality, as it would later be in apartheid South Africa. The reading of Isaiah 7:3ff from a postcolonial perspective aims to provide a decolonised biblical trauma lens that would create an understanding of a decolonised reader in a postcolonial South Africa. |
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ISSN: | 2312-3621 |
Contains: | Enthalten in: Old Testament essays
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Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.17159/2312-3621/2018/v31n3a7 HDL: 10520/EJC-13f6a37e28 |