The return of Baal to the Holy Land: Canaanite reconstructionism among contemporary Israeli Pagans
This article focuses on the recent emergence of Canaanite Reconstructionism in Israel - a miniature movement within the country’s small, but growing, Pagan community. The discourse of Israeli adherents of Canaanite Reconstructionism regarding its links to ancient Canaanite culture and the land - ind...
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| Format: | Electronic/Print Article |
| Language: | English |
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University of Californiarnia Press
[2016]
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Nova religio
Year: 2016, Volume: 20, Issue: 2, Pages: 59-81 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Israel
/ Neopaganism
/ Baal, God
/ Cult
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| RelBib Classification: | AZ New religious movements BC Ancient Orient; religion |
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| Parallel Edition: | Electronic
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| Summary: | This article focuses on the recent emergence of Canaanite Reconstructionism in Israel - a miniature movement within the country’s small, but growing, Pagan community. The discourse of Israeli adherents of Canaanite Reconstructionism regarding its links to ancient Canaanite culture and the land - indeed the very soil - of modern-day Israel is highlighted. The development of Israeli Canaanite Reconstructionism is examined in relation to the unique nature of Israeli society and identity politics, as well as to Canaanism, a cultural and ideological movement that climaxed during the 1940s in British Mandate Palestine but declined after the founding of the State of Israel in 1948. |
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| ISSN: | 1092-6690 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Nova religio
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1525/nr.2016.20.2.59 |