Is the expulsion of women as foreigners in Ezra 9-10 justifiably covenantal?

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dc.contributor.author Usue, Emmanuel Ordue
dc.date.accessioned 2012-07-04T08:48:52Z
dc.date.available 2012-07-04T08:48:52Z
dc.date.issued 2012
dc.description.abstract A surface reading of Ezra 9-10 gives the impression that the Abrahamic and Mosaic covenants’ codes concerning foreigners justify the expulsion of the so-called foreign women by Ezra and his associates. Consequently, the story has generated various viewpoints among Old Testament scholars. However, in this article, the author has attempted to show that Ezra and his associates did not provide convincing reasons for these massive expulsions. Rather, it appears, the expulsion was based upon a partial or narrower view and interpretation of the Abrahamic and Mosaic covenants’ codes concerning foreigners. A close reading of the story and the purported covenants’ codes concerning foreigners reveals that first, these women were not foreigners as presupposed by Ezra and his associates; second, had the reformers adopted a more holistic or broader perspective and interpretation of the Abrahamic and Mosaic covenants’ codes about foreigners, it would have yielded a more positive, accommodating and inclusive disposition towards the so-called foreign women. en
dc.description.librarian nf2012 en
dc.description.uri http://www.uovs.ac.za/ActaTheologica en_US
dc.identifier.citation Usue, E 2012, 'Is the expulsion of women as foreigners in Ezra 9-10 justifiably covenantal?', Acta Theologica, vol. 32, no. 1, pp. 158--169. en
dc.identifier.issn 1015-8758
dc.identifier.other 10.4314/actat.v32i1.8
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/2263/19320
dc.language.iso en en_US
dc.rights © UV/UFS en_US
dc.subject Expulsion of women en
dc.subject Ezra 9-10 en
dc.subject Verbanning van vroue af
dc.subject Verbond af
dc.subject.lcsh Bible -- O.T. -- Ezra IX-X-- Criticism, interpretation, etc. en
dc.subject.lcsh Covenants -- Religious aspects -- Christianity en
dc.subject.lcsh Deportees en
dc.subject.lcsh Women -- Religious aspects -- Christianity en
dc.title Is the expulsion of women as foreigners in Ezra 9-10 justifiably covenantal? en
dc.type Article en


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