A comment on Ehud Ben Zvi's "total exile, empty land and the general intellectual discourse in Yehud"
| dc.contributor.author | Cezula, Ntozakhe Simon | en_ZA |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2018-10-31T08:56:50Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2018-10-31T08:56:50Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2017 | |
| dc.description | CITATION: Cezula, N. 2017. A comment on Ehud Ben Zvi's "total exile, empty land and the general intellectual discourse in Yehud". Old Testament Essays, 30(2):592-608, doi:10.17159/2312-3621/2017/v30n3a4 | |
| dc.description | The original publication is available at http://www.scielo.org.za | |
| dc.description.abstract | The Judeans of the pre-late-Persian period could not interpret the "empty land" myth other than in an inclusive manner. This approach is also reflected in Ezra-Nehemiah, according to Ehud Ben Zvi. This interpretation is clear from his social memory analysis of the penta-teuchal, Deuteronomistic history and prophetic literature. The logic in his argument is so persuasive that it compels a review of one's stance on the exclusivity of Ezra-Nehemiah. After some engagement with Ezra-Nehemiah, this paper offers the argument that Ezra-Nehe-miah is exclusive, and that the "empty land" myth is applied in an exclusive manner. Of great concern, however, is the fact that Ben Zvi's argument comes at a time when Africans are engaged in a quest for a biblical paradigm for a theology of reconstruction that is currently contemplated. Of more concern is that some scholars suggest Nehemiah as a paradigm for a theology of reconstruction in Africa, just as Moses and the Exodus, propound a theology of liberation. For historical reasons, this paper rejects Nehemiah as a biblical paradigm for a theology of reconstruction in Africa. This paper therefore engages with Ben Zvi's paper titled "Total Exile, Empty Land and the General Intellectual Discourse in Yehud" against this background. | en_ZA |
| dc.description.uri | http://www.scielo.org.za/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1010-99192017000300003 | |
| dc.description.version | Publisher's version | |
| dc.format.extent | 17 pages | |
| dc.identifier.citation | Cezula, N. 2017. A comment on Ehud Ben Zvi's "total exile, empty land and the general intellectual discourse in Yehud". Old Testament Essays, 30(2):592-608, doi:10.17159/2312-3621/2017/v30n3a4 | |
| dc.identifier.issn | 2312-3621 (online) | |
| dc.identifier.issn | 1010-9919 (print) | |
| dc.identifier.other | doi:10.17159/2312-3621/2017/v30n3a4 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/104626 | |
| dc.language.iso | en_ZA | en_ZA |
| dc.publisher | Old Testament Society of South Africa | |
| dc.rights.holder | Author retains copyright | |
| dc.subject | Bible. Ezra-Nehemiah -- Criticism, interpretation, etc. | en_ZA |
| dc.title | A comment on Ehud Ben Zvi's "total exile, empty land and the general intellectual discourse in Yehud" | en_ZA |
| dc.type | Article | en_ZA |