Adopting the Stranger as Kindred in Deuteronomy (Ancient Israel and Its Literature) - Hardcover

Mark R. Glanville

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0884143112 ISBN 13: 9780884143116

Publisher: SBL Press, 2018

Synopsis

Investigate how Deuteronomy incorporates vulnerable, displaced people

Deuteronomy addresses social contexts of widespread displacement, an issue affecting 65 million people today. In this book Mark R. Glanville investigates how Deuteronomy fosters the integration of the stranger as kindred into the community of Yahweh. According to Deuteronomy, displaced people are to be enfolded within the household, within the clan, and within the nation. Glanville argues that Deuteronomy demonstrates the immense creativity that communities may invest in enfolding displaced and vulnerable people. Inclusivism is nourished through social law, the law of judicial procedure, communal feasting, and covenant renewal. Deuteronomy's call to include the stranger as kindred presents contemporary nation-states with an opportunity and a responsibility to reimagine themselves and their disposition toward displaced strangers today.

Features:

• Exploration of the relationship of ancient Israel's social history to biblical texts
• An integrative methodology that brings together literary-historical, legal, sociological, comparative, literary, and theological approaches
• A thorough study of Israelite identity and ethnicity

About this title

About the Author

Mark R. Glanville is Professor of Congregational Studies at the Missional Training Center, Phoenix, and a pastor at Grandview Church, Vancouver.p>

Edition details

• Publisher: SBL Press
• Publication date: 2018
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0884143112
• ISBN 13: 9780884143116
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 332