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The Holy People of YHWH: Deuteronomy's Vision of Israelite Identity.

Record Type:	Electronic resources : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	The Holy People of YHWH: Deuteronomy's Vision of Israelite Identity./
Author:	Wang, Franklin.
Published:	Ann Arbor : ProQuest Dissertations & Theses, : 2020,
Description:	444 p.
Notes:	Source: Dissertations Abstracts International, Volume: 82-12, Section: B.
Contained By:	Dissertations Abstracts International82-12B.
Subject:	Biblical studies. -
Online resource:	https://pqdd.sinica.edu.tw/twdaoapp/servlet/advanced?query=28544584
ISBN:	9798516068928

The Holy People of YHWH: Deuteronomy's Vision of Israelite Identity.
Wang, Franklin.

The Holy People of YHWH: Deuteronomy's Vision of Israelite Identity. - Ann Arbor : ProQuest Dissertations & Theses, 2020 - 444 p.

Source: Dissertations Abstracts International, Volume: 82-12, Section: B.

Thesis (Ph.D.)--Wheaton College, 2020.

This item must not be sold to any third party vendors.

This dissertation studies Israelite identity as envisioned in Deuteronomy. Identitystudies on Israel in the Bible have been influenced mainly by ethnology, anthropology, and archaeology. These studies primarily investigate an outsider's view of certain people groups. Recently, social-psychological studies of group identity have emphasized the importance of an insider's view, the emic view. These self-perceptions are critical to understanding a group's collective identity. Although I will occasionally relate recent scholarship linking theoretical studies on group identity with biblical studies to my findings, this dissertation involves primarily a textual and exegetical exploration of Israelite identity as envisioned by Moses in Deuteronomy. Block's study has shown there are five key factors in the Hebrew Bible in perceiving Israelite identity: ethnic, territorial, political, linguistic, and religious. In Deuteronomy, the ethnic, territorial, and political aspects are evident. However, there is also clear evidence suggesting that the ethnic factor is not fundamental. Likewise, even though territorial and political perspectives on Israelite identity are present in Deuteronomy, Moses does not view Israel primarily from these two perspectives. Fundamentally, Deuteronomy views Israel from the religious perspective-that is, as a holy people of YHWH. I study the envisioned Israelite identity through its narrative chronology. In the narrative past, Moses recalled the origin of Israel. Because YHWH chose and loved Israel, this people came into existence. YHWH has demonstrated his love toward Israel in past key events. Building on this history, in the present YHWH calls Israel to become his holy people, who are in a covenantal relationship with him. To manifest this special relationship with YHWH, Israel needs to demonstrate five essential identity markers. Looking into the future, Moses presents the consequences of this Israelite identity: Israel can strengthen and consolidate her identity through observing YHWH's instructions and thus receive YHWH's blessings or Israel could fall into the temptation to become like non-Israelites and gradually lose her identity. However, Moses ultimately trusts that YHWH will intervene on Israel's behalf and consummate her identity. The consummation of this identity would impact Israel, non-Israelite, and even the whole universe.

ISBN: 9798516068928Subjects--Topical Terms:

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Biblical studies.
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Group identity

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