When Is a Moabite a Moabite?: Selectivity, Stereotypes, and Identity in the Gemeindegesetz, Deut. 23:2–9 [Eng 1–8]
This article argues that the Gemeindegesetz’s exclusion of Ammonites and Ammonites from the qahal-YHWH, like its inclusion of Edomites and Egyptians, is not based on ethnobiology or essentialist ethnicity. It draws on social identity and stereotyping theory to explore the text’s characterization of...
| Published in: | Horizons in biblical theology |
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Brill
2021
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Horizons in biblical theology
Year: 2021, Volume: 43, Issue: 2, Pages: 187-204 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Bible. Deuteronomium 23,2-9
/ Municipality
/ Legislation
/ Identity
/ Stereotype
/ Selektivität
/ Moabite
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| IxTheo Classification: | HB Old Testament |
| Further subjects: | B
non-Israelite
B selectivity B Moabite B Stereotype B Deuteronomy B Identity B Gemeindegesetz |
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| Summary: | This article argues that the Gemeindegesetz’s exclusion of Ammonites and Ammonites from the qahal-YHWH, like its inclusion of Edomites and Egyptians, is not based on ethnobiology or essentialist ethnicity. It draws on social identity and stereotyping theory to explore the text’s characterization of these different groups, and proposes that the salience of moral-behavioral features subordinates but does not efface ethnic and other factors. This interpretation is also integrated with approaches to identity for Israelites and non-Israelites elsewhere in Deuteronomy. |
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| ISSN: | 1871-2207 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Horizons in biblical theology
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1163/18712207-12341432 |