Ethnicity and the mixed marriage crisis in Ezra 9-10 : an anthropological approach / Katherine Southwood.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Southwood, Katherine E.

Series:

Oxford theological monographs.

Oxford theological monographs

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Bible. Ezra.

Bible.

Interfaith marriage in the Bible.

Ethnicity--Religious aspects.

Ethnicity.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (274 p.)

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book aims to bring a new way of understanding Ezra 9-10, which has become known as an intermarriage 'crisis', to the table. A number of issues, such as ethnicity, religious identity, purity, land, kinship, and migration, orbit around the central problem of intermarriage. These issues are explored in terms of their modern treatment within anthropology, and this information is used to generate a more informed, sophisticated, understanding of the chapters within Ezra itself. The intermarriage crisis in Ezra is pivotal for our understanding of the postexilic community. As the evidence from a

Contents:

Cover; Contents; Abbreviations; 1. Introduction and Methods; 1. Introduction; 2. Methodology; 3. Outline; 2. Ethnicity; 1. Principal Issues; 2. Boundaries of Ethnic Identity; 3. Content of Ethnic Identity; 4. Ethnicity and Race; 5. Return Migration and Ethnicity; 6. History, Religion, and Ethnicity; 7. Intermarriage; 8. Summary of Ethnicity; 3. Ezra; 1. Principal Issues; 2. Ezra 9-10 and Deuteronomy 7; 3. Ezra 9-10 and Context; 4. Ezra 9-10 and Purity; 5. Ezra 9-10 and Identity; 6. Ezra 9-10 and Ethnicity; 7. Summary of the Issues in Ezra 9-10; 4. Ethnicity in Ezra 9-10; 1. Principal Issues

2. Boundaries in Ezra3. Content of Ezra's Ethnicity; 4. Summary of Ethnicity in Ezra; 5. Hybridity and Intermarriage; 1. Intermarriage and Ethnicity in Ezra 9-10; 2. Summary of Hybridity and Intermarriage in Ezra 9-10; 6. Hybridity and Return Migration; 1. Return Migration and Ethnicity in Ezra 9-10; 2. Summary of Hybridity and Return Migration in Ezra 9-10; 7. Conclusions; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (viewed on Apr. 19, 2012).

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

0-19-161336-3

1-280-59467-5

9786613624505

OCLC:

784886704