Intermarriage, Social Complexity, and Ethnic Diversity in the Genealogy of Judah

Knoppers, Gary N.

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“…There have therefore been a number of studies recently on the Persian period as the crucial site for textual formation of all sorts, including of the Tetrateuch, Pentateuch, Hexateuch, and Enneateuch, as well of other materials focused on the formation of familiar biblical ways of thinking about ethnic identity at that time (Blum 2006;Gertz 2006;Römer 2009;Schmid 2007Schmid , 2012aSchmid , 2012bRömer and Brettler 2000;Ben Zvi 2011a, 2011bKnoppers 2001Knoppers , 2003Vanderhooft 2011;Berquist 2006).…”

Section: The Persian Period and Beyondmentioning

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Israelite and Judahite History in Contemporary Theoretical Approaches

Tobolowsky

2018

Currents in Biblical Research

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This article surveys developments in the study of the histories of ancient Israel and Judah with a focus on the last ten years. Over that period there has been an increased focus on extrabiblical evidence, over biblical text, as the primary means of constructing comprehensive histories, and a revival of interest in post-modern and linguistic-turn theories with respect to establishing what kinds of histories should be written. This study offers a general discussion of the last decade’s trends; an inquiry into the possibility that Judahite authors only assumed an Israelite identity after the fall of Israel; and an era-by-era investigation of particular developments in how scholars think about the various traditional periods of Israelite and Judahite history. The latter inquiry spans the pre-monarchical period to the Persian period.

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Section: The Persian Period and Beyondmentioning

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Israelite and Judahite History in Contemporary Theoretical Approaches

Tobolowsky

2018

Currents in Biblical Research

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“…The book of Chronicles, work written in the Persian period, exhibits genealogical lists linking Judaean and Edomite families or clans through the repetition of their eponyms' names. Standing prominently in these lists are names of members of Judaean and Simeonite clans that are paralleled in the names of the descendants of Esau and Seir (the putative predecessor of Esau in Edom) that appear in Gen. 36 (Knoppers : 23–8; Tebes : 144–5); for example, among the many names, Esau's grandson Kenaz (Gen. 36:11) can be linked to the Kenaz of the Judaean ‘Calebite’ clan listed by Chronicles (1 Chron. 4:15).…”

Section: From Edomites To Idumaeans and Jewish Polemicsmentioning

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Memories of humiliation, cultures of resentment towards Edom and the formation of ancient Jewish national identity

Tebes

2017

Nations and Nationalism

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While the impact of wars and national humiliations in the ancient Jewish cultural nationalism has been studied extensively, little has been written about the role of the related phenomena of cultures of resentment against foreigners or minority groups. Well before the Hellenistic period, the Jewish tradition had already created its own perfect enemy whose very name became synonymous of Israel's most malicious antagonist: Edom. This article aims to study the changing attitudes towards the Edomites/Idumaeans from the late Judaean kingdom to the Roman period using a long‐durée perspective, particularly the growth of memories of humiliation and feelings of resentment product of the alleged crimes of Edom during Judah's fall and exile.

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“…This was the reason for Ezra-Nehemiah's dissolving of intermarriages. Knoppers (2001) indicates that the restricted identity definition of Israel in Ezra-Nehemiah embraces much more than mere politics and religion. What lies behind the dissolving of marriages in Ezra-Nehemiah included aspects of a general social nature, matrimonial rules and confiscation of property.…”

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The dissolving of marriages in Ezra 9–10 and Nehemiah 13 revisited

Venter

2018

HTS Teologiese Studies / Theological Studies

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The ‘harsh’ decision in Ezra 10:1–44 and Nehemiah 13:23–31 to terminate marriages with ‘foreign’ women falls strange on modern ears. This article reads these sections against the background of identity formation in Ezra-Nehemiah. It is proposed that these two passages should be studied on more than just one level. It states that synchronic, literary-redactional and socio-historical methods are to be combined in an effort to better understand why marriages were dissolved in Ezra and Nehemiah.

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Intermarriage, Social Complexity, and Ethnic Diversity in the Genealogy of Judah

Cited by 19 publications

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Israelite and Judahite History in Contemporary Theoretical Approaches

Israelite and Judahite History in Contemporary Theoretical Approaches

Memories of humiliation, cultures of resentment towards Edom and the formation of ancient Jewish national identity

The dissolving of marriages in Ezra 9–10 and Nehemiah 13 revisited

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