Author : Rosanne Liebermann
Release : 2024-08-02
Genre : Bibles
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 84X/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Exile, Incorporated by : Rosanne Liebermann
Download or read book Exile, Incorporated written by Rosanne Liebermann. This book was released on 2024-08-02. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Exile, Incorporated, author Rosanne Liebermann argues that the biblical book of Ezekiel makes rhetorical use of the human body to construct a specific in-group identity for its ancient Judean audience--namely Judeans who experienced forced migration to Babylon in the sixth century BCE. As Liebermann shows, Ezekiel encourages certain bodily practices within this group that identifies them as "true" Judeans, while also evoking feelings of disgust regarding the bodies of those who do not conduct such practices. In this way, Ezekiel encouraged an isolationist Judean identity that could survive displacement from the homeland.