Ethnicity and the Mixed Marriage Crisis in Ezra 9-10 - An Anthropological Approach

Zusatztext Southwood's study offers a fresh perspective, particularly in so far as it offers an up-to-date, thorough and extremely useful discussion of theories of ethnicity and related issues. Klappentext A new way of understanding the intermarriage 'crisis' described in Ezra 9-10 using insights from the modern anthropological treatment of the issues of ethnicity, religious identity, purity, land, kinship, and migration, in order to generate a more informed, sophisticated, understanding of the Ezra text. Zusammenfassung A new way of understanding the intermarriage 'crisis' described in Ezra 9-10 using insights from the modern anthropological treatment of the issues of ethnicity, religious identity, purity, land, kinship, and migration, in order to generate a more informed, sophisticated, understanding of the Ezra text. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1: Introduction and Methods 2: Ethnicity 3: Ezra 4: Ethnicity in Ezra 9-10 5: Hybridity and Intermarriage 6: Hybridity and Return Migration 7: Conclusions Bibliography

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• Authors: Katherine Southwood, Katherine E. Southwood
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 15.05.2012
• EAN: 9780199644346
• ISBN: 978-0-19-964434-6
• No. of pages: 304
• Series: Oxford Theological Monographs; Oxford Theological Monographs
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Religious writings, prayers, songbooks, religious meditations; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Miscellaneous; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Emigration & Immigration, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology of Religion, Anthropology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / General, RELIGION / Christianity / General, RELIGION / Judaism / Talmud, RELIGION / Biblical Studies / General, Christianity, Migration, immigration & emigration, Migration, immigration and emigration, Criticism and exegesis of sacred texts, BCE to c 500 CE, BCE period – Protohistory, Judaism: sacred texts and revered writings, Judaism: Sacred Texts, Relating to migrant groups / diaspora communities or peoples, Biblical exegesis & hermeneutics