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

dc.contributor.authorUsue, Emmanuel Ordue
dc.date.accessioned2012-07-04T08:48:52Z
dc.date.available2012-07-04T08:48:52Z
dc.date.issued2012
dc.description.abstractA 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.librariannf2012en
dc.description.urihttp://www.uovs.ac.za/ActaTheologicaen_US
dc.identifier.citationUsue, 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.issn1015-8758
dc.identifier.other10.4314/actat.v32i1.8
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2263/19320
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.rights© UV/UFSen_US
dc.subjectExpulsion of womenen
dc.subjectEzra 9-10en
dc.subjectVerbanning van vroueaf
dc.subjectVerbondaf
dc.subject.lcshBible -- O.T. -- Ezra IX-X-- Criticism, interpretation, etc.en
dc.subject.lcshCovenants -- Religious aspects -- Christianityen
dc.subject.lcshDeporteesen
dc.subject.lcshWomen -- Religious aspects -- Christianityen
dc.titleIs the expulsion of women as foreigners in Ezra 9-10 justifiably covenantal?en
dc.typeArticleen

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