The traumatic effects of spatial segregation : 2 Kings 25:8-21

Abstract

This dissertation attempts to highlight the trauma effects of the Babylon exile of the 587/586 BCE. It begins by defining narratology in chapter two and understanding the importance of narratives as well as the retelling of stories. In chapter three the study looks closely at the book of Kings and the briefly at the Deuteronomistic history, it also gives an account of the narrative that is in 2 Kings 25:8-21. In chapter four the social phenomenon of forced migration and its economic implications thereof is explained. Chapter five constitute of the trauma chapter. In this chapter trauma, war trauma and cultural trauma is defined, the two trauma theories are then applied to exile conditions of the Judeans.