Old Testament and Nationalism: Hebrew Bible, Jewish People, English Nation
This article discusses the co-evolution of nationalism and Protestantism in the course of the sixteenth century in England; the influence of the Hebrew Bible’s concept of “the people of Israel” as a community of fundamentally equal members on the emerging English national consciousness (the first na...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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De Gruyter
2021
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Journal of the bible and its reception
Year: 2021, Volume: 8, Issue: 2, Pages: 183-194 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
England
/ Nationalism
/ Protestantism
/ Old Testament
/ Israel (Theology)
/ People
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| IxTheo Classification: | CG Christianity and Politics HB Old Testament KDE Anglican Church |
| Further subjects: | B
Hebrew Bible
B English nationalism B Institutionalization B people of Israel B Nation (university) |
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| Summary: | This article discusses the co-evolution of nationalism and Protestantism in the course of the sixteenth century in England; the influence of the Hebrew Bible’s concept of “the people of Israel” as a community of fundamentally equal members on the emerging English national consciousness (the first national consciousness to develop, in turn influencing all subsequent nationalisms); and the reinterpretation of the core passages of the Hebrew Bible, in English translations up to the King James version, in terms of the emerging national consciousness. Completely independent at their historical sources, nationalism and Protestantism reinforced each other in the crucial English case through the translation of the Hebrew Bible. This, on the one hand, nationalized Protestantism in England and, on the other, led to the incorporation of the biblical concept of the people of God in the new, secular concept of nation. |
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| ISSN: | 2329-4434 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Journal of the bible and its reception
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1515/jbr-2021-0007 |