The Contextuality of Jewish Literature: the Voices of Exile and Diaspora

Authors

  • Helena Lewin

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.17851/1982-3053.11.20.68-89

Keywords:

Jewish History, Identity, Wandering

Abstract

This article analyzes the Jewish history that has its origin marked by an irreversible act of rupture determining its identity profile. Abraham, the founding patriarch, detaches himself from his past to follow the “call” that establishes a new relationship “man / divinity” having as normative principle the existence of a single god in counterpart to the polytheistic cult of his paternal house. Two aspects marked the foundation of the new becoming: the principle of monotheism and the inaugural wandering in search of the divinely promised land: Canaan.

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Author Biography

Helena Lewin

Doutora em Sociologia pela Universidade de São Paulo (USP) e Professora Colaboradora da Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro (UERJ).

References

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SAFRAM, W. Diasporas in Modern Societies: Myths of Homelaud e and Return. Diaspora, v. 1, n. 1, 1991.

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Published

2017-06-07

How to Cite

Lewin, H. (2017). The Contextuality of Jewish Literature: the Voices of Exile and Diaspora. Arquivo Maaravi: Revista Digital De Estudos Judaicos Da UFMG, 11(20), 68–89. https://doi.org/10.17851/1982-3053.11.20.68-89

Issue

Vol. 11 No. 20 (2017): Textualidades judaicas contemporâneas

Section

Artigo-Dossiê

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