The Construction of Exodus Identity in Ancient Israel

The Construction of Exodus Identity in Ancient Israel
Author: Linda M. Stargel
Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers
Total Pages: 143
Release: 2018-05-22
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1532641001

Collective identity creates a sense of "us-ness" in people. It may be fleeting and situational or long-lasting and deeply ingrained. Competition, shared belief, tragedy, or a myriad of other factors may contribute to the formation of such group identity. Even people detached from one another by space, anonymity, or time, may find themselves in a context in which individual self-concept is replaced by a collective one. How is collective identity, particularly the long-lasting kind, created and maintained? Many literary and biblical studies have demonstrated that shared stories often lie at the heart of it. This book examines the most repeated story of the Hebrew Bible--the exodus story--to see how it may have functioned to construct and reinforce an enduring collective identity in ancient Israel. A tool based on the principles of the social identity approach is created and used to expose identity construction at a rhetorical level. The author shows that exodus stories are characterized by recognizable language and narrative structures that invite ongoing collective identification.

Claiming Exodus

Claiming Exodus
Author: Rhondda Robinson Thomas
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2013
Genre: African Americans
ISBN: 9781602585317

"Shows how writers such as Absalom Jones, Daniel Coker, and W.E.B. Du Bois employed the Exodus metanarrative to ask profound, difficult questions of the African experience in America from the eighteenth century onward."--Jacket flap.

Home for Good

Home for Good
Author: Krish Kandiah
Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton
Total Pages: 132
Release: 2013-03-14
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1444745328

Tying in to a nationwide joint campaign by the Evangelical Alliance and Care for the Family, Krish Kandiah wants us all to take seriously Jesus's call to 'suffer the little children' by engaging with the needs of the many thousands of children up and down the country who are in care and whom the church could and should be helping. Krish and his wife Miriam have adopted and fostered children themselves and their experience - and that of the many others in this book - is very different from the popular myth which suggests social services seek to prevent Christians from getting involved. Krish argues that whatever the state's stance may be, it is a part of our calling as God's church to get involved where it's hardest, and to help these children out of the tough realities they find themselves in. Filled with stories from people who have adopted or were adopted themselves, alongside practical advice on how it all works and the challenges that will come, this book makes a compelling case that the church can and must make a difference in these children's lives, and asks us all to consider our response.

The Great Exodus from China

The Great Exodus from China
Author: Dominic Meng-Hsuan Yang
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 331
Release: 2020-09-24
Genre: History
ISBN: 1108478123

Dominic Meng-Hsuan Yang examines the human exodus from China to Taiwan in 1949, focusing on trauma, memory, and identity.

Exodus for You

Exodus for You
Author: Tim Chester
Publisher:
Total Pages:
Release: 2016-06-07
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 9781784980245

Ethnic Identity

Ethnic Identity
Author: Steve Tamayo
Publisher: InterVarsity Press
Total Pages: 68
Release: 2021-01-19
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 0830831827

Did you know that the Bible has a great deal to say about ethnicity? In this eight-session LifeGuideĀ® Bible Study, Steve Tamayo takes us through passages that open us up to difficult yet important conversations about race, culture, and ethnicity. If ethnicity is a gift from God, engaging this material may deeply transform the way we interact with family, friends, and enemies.

Women & Identity

Women & Identity
Author: Adele Ahlberg Calhoun
Publisher: InterVarsity Press
Total Pages: 67
Release: 2015-06-03
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 0830831088

We live only a small fraction of the lives God has for us, circling around the demands of the present moment while God whispers softly or even hollers for us to harness our whole hearts. These nine sessions LifeGuideĀ® Bible Study follow the biblical themes as well as the journeys of women showing the way to embracing God's strength and wisdom to live whole lives.

Divorce and Remarriage in the Bible

Divorce and Remarriage in the Bible
Author: David Instone-Brewer
Publisher: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing
Total Pages: 372
Release: 2002-06-07
Genre: Family & Relationships
ISBN: 9780802849434

Through a careful exploration of the background literature of the Old Testament, the ancient Near East and ancient Judaism, Instone-Brewer constructs a biblical picture of divorce and remarriage that is directly relevant to modern relationships.

Exodus

Exodus
Author: Thomas B. Dozeman
Publisher: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing
Total Pages: 890
Release: 2009-11-13
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 0802826172

The Eerdmans Critical Commentary offers the best of contemporary Old and New Testament scholarship, seeking to give modern readers clear insight into the biblical text, including its background, its interpretation, and its application. Contributors to the ECC series are among the foremost authorities in biblical scholarship worldwide. Accessible to serious general readers and scholars alike, each volume includes the author's own translation, critical notes, and commentary on literary, historical, cultural, and theological aspects of the text. - Back cover.