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1 online resource (274 pages) |
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Oxford Theological Monographs |
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Oxford theological monographs.
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| Contents |
Cover; Contents; Abbreviations; 1. Introduction and Methods; 1. Introduction; 2. Methodology; 3. Outline; 2. Ethnicity; 1. Principal Issues; 2. Boundaries of Ethnic Identity; 3. Content of Ethnic Identity; 4. Ethnicity and Race; 5. Return Migration and Ethnicity; 6. History, Religion, and Ethnicity; 7. Intermarriage; 8. Summary of Ethnicity; 3. Ezra; 1. Principal Issues; 2. Ezra 9-10 and Deuteronomy 7; 3. Ezra 9-10 and Context; 4. Ezra 9-10 and Purity; 5. Ezra 9-10 and Identity; 6. Ezra 9-10 and Ethnicity; 7. Summary of the Issues in Ezra 9-10; 4. Ethnicity in Ezra 9-10; 1. Principal Issues |
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2. Boundaries in Ezra3. Content of Ezra's Ethnicity; 4. Summary of Ethnicity in Ezra; 5. Hybridity and Intermarriage; 1. Intermarriage and Ethnicity in Ezra 9-10; 2. Summary of Hybridity and Intermarriage in Ezra 9-10; 6. Hybridity and Return Migration; 1. Return Migration and Ethnicity in Ezra 9-10; 2. Summary of Hybridity and Return Migration in Ezra 9-10; 7. Conclusions; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z |
| Summary |
This book aims to bring a new way of understanding Ezra 9-10, which has become known as an intermarriage 'crisis', to the table. A number of issues, such as ethnicity, religious identity, purity, land, kinship, and migration, orbit around the central problem of intermarriage. These issues are explored in terms of their modern treatment within anthropology, and this information is used to generate a more informed, sophisticated, understanding of the chapters within Ezra itself. The intermarriage crisis in Ezra is pivotal for our understanding of the postexilic community. As the evidence from an |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| SUBJECT |
Bible. Ezra, IX-X -- Criticism, interpretation, etc
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| Subject |
Intermarriage.
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Ethnicity.
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ethnicity.
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RELIGION -- Biblical Studies -- Old Testament.
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Ethnicity
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Intermarriage
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| Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780191613364 |
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0191613363 |
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1280594675 |
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9781280594670 |
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