Judah's Desire and the Making of the Abrahamic Israel: A Contextual and Functional Approach

Hong Guk-Pyoung

Published by De Gruyter 2024

Judah's Desire and the Making of the Abrahamic Israel

A Contextual and Functional Approach

Hong Guk-Pyoung

Volume 559 in the series Beihefte zur Zeitschrift für die alttestamentliche Wissenschaft

https://doi.org/10.1515/9783111376554

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In this refreshing exploration of Judah’s identity formation, the emphasis is placed on the psychological underpinnings of Judah’s sentiments towards Israel, aiming to illuminate the significance of Judah's appropriation of Israel. Richly contextual, this book draws parallels observed in Asian contexts, notably those of North and South Korea, and China with its marginal Others. Central to the thesis is that Judah’s perceived inferiority to Israel played a crucial role in its quest to appropriate Israel’s legacy and identity.

Adopting a functionalist lens, Judah’s rewriting of Israel’s ancestral past is examined. The Abraham and Jacob traditions are understood as competing "identity narratives," serving as critical discursive tools to construct their pasts. The study scrutinizes how the southern Abraham tradition fundamentally reoriented the Jacob tradition, North Israel’s standalone ancestral myth. Set against the broader canvas of continued efforts to redefine and embody "Israel" within the history of Judeo-Christian religions, this exploration underscores how Judah's pivotal appropriation of Israel has established a paradigm for all future endeavors of "becoming Israel."

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Hong Guk-Pyoung, Yonsei University, Seoul, South Korea.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
Acknowledgements Publicly Available Download PDF	xi
List of Tables and Figures Publicly Available Download PDF	xiii
List of Abbreviations Publicly Available Download PDF	xiv
1 Introduction: Why Judah and Israel Again? Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
Part I: Judah Desires Israel
2 United yet Divided: Reading Judah and Israel in the Context of Two Koreas Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	33
3 Recent Debate on the Emergence of Biblical Israel Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	49
4 Rethinking Northern Refugees Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	66
5 Inferiority, Desire, and Judah’s Contradictory Self Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	83
6 Israel and Judah, China and its Others Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	96
Part II: Judah Rewrites Israel’s Past
7 Tradition, Narrative, and Identity: A Theoretical Discussion Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	111
8 Jacob and Abraham, North and South Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	125
9 Jacob: From an Indigenous Hero to Israel’s Father Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	136
10 Abraham and Forward Expansion of Israel’s Past: A Perspective from Ancient Korean History Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	163
11 From Jacob to Abraham: Preliminary Observations Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	179
12 Conclusion: Judah’s Desire and Our Desire Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	203
Bibliography Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	217
Modern Authors Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	237
Subject Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	241
Scripture Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	251

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Language: English
Publisher: De Gruyter
Audience: Scholars and graduate students of Biblical studies
Pages
- Front matter: 16
- Main content: 254
Illustrations
- Illustrations: 8
- Tables: 3
Keywords: Ancient Israel and Judah; identity formation; Hebrew Bible; Old Testament

eBook

Published: July 1, 2024
ISBN: 9783111376554

Hardcover

Published: July 1, 2024
ISBN: 9783111376004