"This man has come into my house": hospitality in Genesis 19, 34 and Judges 19

This article explores narratives wherein themes of hospitality, sexual violence against women, and migration coalesce. The presence of migration and the theme of ‘guest’ and ‘host’ make Genesis 19, and in the linked tradition in Judges 19, particularly apt for analysis that uses modern literature co...

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Autor principal: Southwood, Katherine 1982- (Autor)
Tipo de documento: Electrónico Artículo
Lenguaje:Inglés
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Publicado: 2018
En: Biblical interpretation
Año: 2018, Volumen: 26, Número: 4/5, Páginas: 469-484
Clasificaciones IxTheo:HB Antiguo Testamento
Otras palabras clave:B Bibel. Genesis 19
B Bibel. Juez 19
B Bibel. Genesis 34
B Migración
B Hospitalidad
Acceso en línea: Volltext (lizenzpflichtig)
Parallel Edition:No electrónico
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Sumario:This article explores narratives wherein themes of hospitality, sexual violence against women, and migration coalesce. The presence of migration and the theme of ‘guest’ and ‘host’ make Genesis 19, and in the linked tradition in Judges 19, particularly apt for analysis that uses modern literature coupling hospitality and migration as a heuristic tool. Indeed, as well as being thematic, hospitality may also function in the narratives as a metaphor for immigrants and host communities. In Genesis 34, the metaphor of hospitality and the consequences of hospitality broken are also important thematically as is the desire for revenge. The article argues that in all three cases, group boundaries reach a new level of significance in response to migration, but are violently concretised through acts of sexual exploitation.
ISSN:1568-5152
Obras secundarias:Enthalten in: Biblical interpretation
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1163/15685152-02645P03