“Minority” as a Self-Definition Discourse in Second Temple Judaism
With this essay, I intent to analyze some practices of self-definition well attested in several documents of Second Temple Judaism, wherein a concept less or more coincident with our definition of minority assumes a pivotal role (Dead Sea Scrolls and 1 Enoch). My principal focus is to underline how...
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| Format: | Print Article |
| Language: | English |
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Morcelliana
[2017]
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Studi e materiali di storia delle religioni
Year: 2017, Volume: 83, Issue: 2, Pages: 343-356 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Judaism
/ Early Judaism
/ Religious minority
/ Self-portrayal
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| RelBib Classification: | AD Sociology of religion; religious policy BH Judaism |
| Further subjects: | B
1 Enoch
B Miority B Autodefinizione B Self-Definition B Minoranza B Qumran Manuscripts B Manoscritti di Qumran B 1 Enoc |
| Summary: | With this essay, I intent to analyze some practices of self-definition well attested in several documents of Second Temple Judaism, wherein a concept less or more coincident with our definition of minority assumes a pivotal role (Dead Sea Scrolls and 1 Enoch). My principal focus is to underline how a practice of self-definition, in terms of an actual or a perceived minority as regard a broader context (or a context culturally constructed as a macro-context), proves the interactions between neighbouring groups that share actual and symbolic spaces. |
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| ISSN: | 0081-6175 |
| Contains: | In: Studi e materiali di storia delle religioni
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