Towards an Ethic of Family Solidarity: An Intertextual Reading of Family Fragmentation (Mic 7:5-6) and Family Reconciliation (Mal 3:23-24)
The era of inevitable fragmentation and severance of family solidarity, forcing people to take sides and break family bonds, is an essential prophetic motif in the Book of the Twelve. By means of intertextuality, this article examines the collapse of family solidarity and family reconciliation in th...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
| Check availability: | HBZ Gateway |
| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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2025
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| In: |
Old Testament essays
Year: 2025, Volume: 38, Issue: 1, Pages: 1-16 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Micah
/ Bible. Maleachi 3,23-24
/ Intertextuality
/ Family
/ Lament
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| IxTheo Classification: | HB Old Testament |
| Further subjects: | B
prophetic lament and rhetorical concerns
B Bibel. Micha, 7, 5-6 B Micah and Malachi B family solidarity B family fragmentation B intertexuality |
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| Summary: | The era of inevitable fragmentation and severance of family solidarity, forcing people to take sides and break family bonds, is an essential prophetic motif in the Book of the Twelve. By means of intertextuality, this article examines the collapse of family solidarity and family reconciliation in the books of Micah and Malachi, where fragmented family conflicts are observed, together with several prophetic laments that describe situations of complete social polarisation, which have shattered the moral and familial fabric of society. Such collapse of family solidarity and tranquillity, according to these prophets, is a symptom of society’s moral degeneration. Since marriage and family life are significant issues in biblical, theological and moral discourse, this article probes the prophetic laments in the books of Micah and Malachi, providing contemporary readers with ethical insights within the larger domain of biblical theology and anthropology. |
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| ISSN: | 2312-3621 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Old Testament essays
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.17159/2312-3621/2025/v38n1a2 |
