The Jubilee in Leviticus 25: A Theological Ethical Interpretation from a South African PerspectiveLIT Verlag Münster, 2005 - 308 The English idiom "once bitten twice shy" comes to mind in this study, where author Esias Meyer argues that biblical critics have an ethical responsibility to explore the oppressive potential of biblical texts. Meyer does this in the light of the apartheid history and especially the way in which biblical texts were used to both justify and criticise apartheid. An ideological critique of Leviticus 25 is presented, which starts with a thorough synchronic reading and ends with a possible socio-historical context. This interpretation largely disturbs the liberating image that the text has, but is an attempt to be more honest about the way in which theologians could use biblical texts to contribute to a better world. |
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... Reading ( and beyond ) . 2.1 Introduction ... 2.2 The " critical " task of biblical scholars ..... 2.2.1 " Being critical " as " analysing the past " / disinterested scholarship . 2.2.2 " Being critical " as " analysing the past " and ...
... Reading ( and beyond ) . 2.1 Introduction ... 2.2 The " critical " task of biblical scholars ..... 2.2.1 " Being critical " as " analysing the past " / disinterested scholarship . 2.2.2 " Being critical " as " analysing the past " and ...
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... reading it and I should not expect it to evoke " pleasure , respect and envy " in me . Is my problem thus only a severe case of false expectations that will disappear if only I were to adjust my expectations to be a bit more mod- est or ...
... reading it and I should not expect it to evoke " pleasure , respect and envy " in me . Is my problem thus only a severe case of false expectations that will disappear if only I were to adjust my expectations to be a bit more mod- est or ...
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... reading of the Bible is a fair reflection of the text itself and I fear that such a reading might actually cause more damage than anything else in our modern world . Presupposing that the text is liberating could be dangerous and the ...
... reading of the Bible is a fair reflection of the text itself and I fear that such a reading might actually cause more damage than anything else in our modern world . Presupposing that the text is liberating could be dangerous and the ...
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... reading biblical texts . I argue that the most responsible way of reading a text is an " ideologi- cal - critical " reading . As we will see , this includes a very suspicious reading of the biblical text , which attempts to reconstruct ...
... reading biblical texts . I argue that the most responsible way of reading a text is an " ideologi- cal - critical " reading . As we will see , this includes a very suspicious reading of the biblical text , which attempts to reconstruct ...
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... reading might put us in a better position to make a theological - ethical contribution . It will defi- nitely make us more careful . But this kind of reading also attempts to take stock of the ideological bag- gage of the reader and ...
... reading might put us in a better position to make a theological - ethical contribution . It will defi- nitely make us more careful . But this kind of reading also attempts to take stock of the ideological bag- gage of the reader and ...
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Grammatical features of Leviticus 25 | 65 |
Persuasive features of Leviticus 25 | 110 |
Leviticus 25 and surrounding texts | 160 |
Possible sociohistorical context | 221 |
Theologicalethical observations | 256 |
Conclusion | 287 |
Bibliography | 295 |
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addressees Afrikaners apartheid apodosis argue argument attempt Barton Bible biblical critics biblical scholars biblical text Canaan Carroll chapter 25 chiasm chiastic parallelism chiastic structure context Deist describe Deuteronomy discussion Egypt ethical examples exile fact function grammatical features Grünwaldt 1999 Hebrew Hebrew Bible historical criticism Holiness Code Houten identified ideology inclusio interpretation Israel Israelites issue Joüon & Muraoka Jubilee kind land landowners later laws Levites Leviticus 25 liberating marked word order means Merwe Milgrom motivational clause narrative nominal clauses NRSV parenetic Patte Pentateuch perfect persuasive features portrayed post-exilic present problem question Räisänen readers reading redeemed refers regards relationship repetition rhetorical role Ruwe Sabbath Schüssler Fiorenza second person plural second person singular second temple seems sense slaves South Africa specifically synchronic Table term theology things third person tion understand verb verses Watts YHWH אֲנִי יְהוָה אֲשֶׁר הָאָרֶץ כִּי לֹא לָכֶם
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Strona 78 - And you shall hallow the fiftieth year, and proclaim liberty throughout the land to all its inhabitants; it shall be a jubilee for you, when each of you shall return to his property and each of you shall return to his family.
Strona 70 - I am the LORD your God, which brought you forth out of the land of Egypt, to give you the land of Canaan, and to be your God.
Strona 72 - You shall not reap the aftergrowth of your harvest or gather the grapes of your untrimmed vines; it shall be a year of complete rest for the land.
Strona 87 - And the land shall not be sold in perpetuity ; for the land is mine : for ye are strangers and sojourners with me.
Strona 101 - You may also acquire them from among the aliens residing with you, and from their families that are with you, who have been born in your land; and they may be your property. You may keep them as a possession for your children after you, for them to inherit as property.
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Strona 94 - Levites does not exercise his right of redemption, then the house that was sold in a city of their possession shall be released in the jubilee; for the houses in the cities of the Levites are- their possession among the people of Israel. But the fields of common land belonging to their cities may not be sold; for that is their perpetual possession.