Knowing the Heart of the Stranger
- 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.
| Verfasserangaben: | Shani TzorefORCiDGND |
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| DOI: | https://doi.org/10.1177/0020964317749540 |
| ISSN: | 0020-9643 |
| ISSN: | 2159-340X |
| Titel des übergeordneten Werks (Englisch): | Interpretation : a journal of Bible and theology |
| Untertitel (Englisch): | Empathy, Remembrance, and Narrative in Jewish Reception of Exodus 22:21, Deuteronomy 10:19, and Parallels |
| Verlag: | Sage Publ. |
| Verlagsort: | Thousand Oaks |
| Publikationstyp: | Wissenschaftlicher Artikel |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
| Datum der Erstveröffentlichung: | 19.03.2018 |
| Erscheinungsjahr: | 2018 |
| Datum der Freischaltung: | 16.12.2021 |
| Freies Schlagwort / Tag: | Continuity; Empathy; Hospitality; Identity; Imitatio Dei; Immigrants; Memory; Narrative; Other; Privilege; Rabbinic exegesis; Stranger; Trauma; ger; gerim |
| Band: | 72 |
| Ausgabe: | 2 |
| Seitenanzahl: | 13 |
| Erste Seite: | 119 |
| Letzte Seite: | 131 |
| Organisationseinheiten: | Philosophische Fakultät / Institut für Jüdische Studien und Religionswissenschaft |
| An-Institute / Abraham Geiger Kolleg gGmbH | |
| DDC-Klassifikation: | 2 Religion / 20 Religion / 200 Religion |
| Peer Review: | Referiert |
| Publikationsweg: | Open Access / Green Open-Access |
