TY  - JOUR
A1  - Tzoref, Shani
T1  - Knowing the Heart of the Stranger
BT  - Empathy, Remembrance, and Narrative in Jewish Reception of Exodus 22:21, Deuteronomy 10:19, and Parallels
JF  - Interpretation : a journal of Bible and theology
N2  - With its exhortation “You shall also love the stranger (gēr), for you were strangers (gērîm) in the land of Egypt” (Deut 10:19), the book of Deuteronomy helps cultivate a healthy and appreciative sense of past hardship, current prosperity, progress, and relative privilege. In contemporary culture, where the term “privilege” has become an unfortunate source of contention, Deuteronomy might point a way for recognition of one’s relative privilege in regard to an Other as a basis for gratitude and responsibility. This essay argues that we have gained “privilege” after having been immigrants and strangers in a strange land. Privilege could become an empowering and challenging exercise of counting one’s blessings and considering how these could be used for the benefit of others, including strangers in our land.
KW  - Continuity
KW  - Empathy
KW  - ger
KW  - gerim
KW  - Hospitality
KW  - Identity
KW  - Imitatio Dei
KW  - Immigrants
KW  - Memory
KW  - Narrative
KW  - Other
KW  - Privilege
KW  - Rabbinic exegesis
KW  - Stranger
KW  - Trauma
Y1  - 2018
U6  - https://doi.org/10.1177/0020964317749540
SN  - 0020-9643
SN  - 2159-340X
VL  - 72
IS  - 2
SP  - 119
EP  - 131
PB  - Sage Publ.
CY  - Thousand Oaks
ER  -