Contesting history and identity formation in Paul and in South Africa

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dc.contributor.author Dube, Zorodzai
dc.date.accessioned 2015-11-30T08:50:39Z
dc.date.available 2015-11-30T08:50:39Z
dc.date.issued 2015-09-11
dc.description.abstract This study compares dynamics in the contestation of history and identity between Paul to post-1994 white Afrikaners in South Africa. In reference to Paul, I am interested in how the followers of the nascent Hellenistic Gentile Christian movement claimed legitimacy as the true Jews, usurping the monopoly of the identity ‘true Jews’ from the Jews, who believed that they alone, stand to claim the Abrahamic promise. Instead, Paul contested the Jewish history and identity, claiming that his Gentile Christians were, in fact, the true Jews – how so? The analysis shall be juxtaposed, providing a discursive analysis to the Afrikaners, who regularly receive claims that they do not belong to South Africa. Specifically, I look into how they contest the South African oral history, claiming that in fact, they are legitimate and the original inhabitants. The study notes that in both cases, identity is constructed through the contestation of history and identity. Thus, the comparison shall be narrowed down to how history is variably, contested for identity formation. Though living within the same locale, the different social groups interpret history differently and variously, appeal to different conspicuous figures and events as their identity markers. en_ZA
dc.description.librarian am2015 en_ZA
dc.description.uri http://www.hts.org.za en_ZA
dc.identifier.citation Dube, Z., 2015, ‘Contesting history and identity formation in Paul and in South Africa', HTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies 71(1), Art. #3011, 6 pages. http://dx.DOI.org/ 10.4102/hts.v71i1.3011. en_ZA
dc.identifier.issn 0259-9422 (print)
dc.identifier.issn 2072-8050 (online)
dc.identifier.other 10.4102/hts.v71i1.3011
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/2263/51002
dc.language.iso en en_ZA
dc.publisher OpenJournals Publishing en_ZA
dc.rights © 2015. The Authors. Licensee: AOSIS OpenJournals. This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution License. en_ZA
dc.subject Construction of history en_ZA
dc.subject Identity formation en_ZA
dc.subject Jewish-Gentile identification en_ZA
dc.subject Contesting history en_ZA
dc.subject Contesting memory en_ZA
dc.subject Contesting identification en_ZA
dc.subject South Africa (SA) en_ZA
dc.subject.other Theology articles SDG-04
dc.subject.other SDG-04: Quality education
dc.subject.other Theology articles SDG-10
dc.subject.other SDG-10: Reduced inequalities
dc.subject.other Theology articles SDG-16
dc.subject.other SDG-16: Peace, justice and strong institutions
dc.title Contesting history and identity formation in Paul and in South Africa en_ZA
dc.type Article en_ZA


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