"Minority" as a Self-Definition Discourse in Second Temple Judaism
With this essay, I intend to analyze some practices of self-definition well attested in several documents of Second Temple Judaism, wherein a concept less or more coincident with our definition of minority assumes a pivotal role (Dead Sea Scrolls and 1 Enoch). My principal focus is to underline how...
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Format: | Electronic Article |
Language: | Italian |
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Morcelliana
2017
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Studi e materiali di storia delle religioni
Year: 2017, Volume: 83, Issue: 2, Pages: 343-356 |
Further subjects: | B
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B Dead Sea Scrolls B Qumran Manuscripts B Temple of Jerusalem (Jerusalem) B 1 Enoc B Jewish History B 1 Enoch B Minorities B Minoranza B Self-Definition B Minority B Judaism B Manoscritti di Qumran |
Summary: | With this essay, I intend to analyze some practices of self-definition well attested in several documents of Second Temple Judaism, wherein a concept less or more coincident with our definition of minority assumes a pivotal role (Dead Sea Scrolls and 1 Enoch). My principal focus is to underline how a practice of self-definition, in terms of an actual or of a perceived minority as regard a broader context (or a context culturally constructed as a macrocontext), proves the interactions between neighbouring groups that share actual and symbolic spaces. (English) |
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ISSN: | 2611-8742 |
Contains: | Enthalten in: Studi e materiali di storia delle religioni
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