"Three had a passion for agriculture, and no good was found in them": God and soil in "Genesis Rabbah"
In Bereshit Rabbah we read, “Three had a passion for agriculture, and no good was found in them: Cain, Noah, and Uzziah.” Is this an expression of the supposedly „anti-farming“ attitude of the Jews? The article shows that this is due less to the prejudice of the rabbinical writers than to their care...
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| Format: | Print Article |
| Language: | English |
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Herder
2010
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| In: |
Biblische Notizen
Year: 2010, Volume: 146, Pages: 3-13 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Genesis rabbah
/ Agriculture
/ Nature religion
/ Polemics
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| RelBib Classification: | BB Indigenous religions BH Judaism |
| Summary: | In Bereshit Rabbah we read, “Three had a passion for agriculture, and no good was found in them: Cain, Noah, and Uzziah.” Is this an expression of the supposedly „anti-farming“ attitude of the Jews? The article shows that this is due less to the prejudice of the rabbinical writers than to their care not to mix God with the earth. There is a limit of ecological consciousness. In Bereshit Rabbah findet sich die folgende Stelle: “Drei begeisterten sich für die Land-wirtschaft, und sie wurden nicht für gut befunden: Kain, Noah, und Usiah”. Ist dies ein Ausdruck der angeblich agrarfeindlichen Haltung der Juden? Es wird gezeigt, dass dies weniger auf einem Vorurteil der rabbinischen Autoren beruht als auf deren Vorsicht, Gott nicht mit der Erde zu mischen, was einem ökologischen Bewußtsein Grenzen setzt. |
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| ISSN: | 0178-2967 |
| Contains: | In: Biblische Notizen
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