Rereading narratives of safety and security in ancient Israel from a pastoral perspective

dc.contributor.authorRugwiji, T.T. (Temba)
dc.date.accessioned2019-01-30T05:43:27Z
dc.date.issued2018-11
dc.description.abstractThe present study investigates the concept of safety and security in the Hebrew Bible in order to demonstrate that our concern for self-defence in the modern post-biblical world was also a prerogative among biblical societies. Numerous inferences to self-defence in the Hebrew Bible show that ancient Israelite societies did not take preparedness against enemy attack lightly. In this essay, lessons on safety and security drawn from ancient Israelite societies will be appropriated in the Zimbabwean context. This appropriation is necessary because safety and security was critical in ancient Israel as it is in our post-colonial Zimbabwean society. Constructive themes from the Hebrew Bible will be appropriated as lessons to be learnt from the narratives about ancient Semitic peoples who are purported to have lived in a “real” physical, yet historical, space. Admittedly, the biblical text depicts that bad/negative things happened in ancient Israel. However, in this study self-defence is explored in a positive light in order to sensitise modern societies to the importance of preparedness against potential aggressors. In addition, the study attempts to encourage the readership to conceptualise ideals of moral values and high ethical integrity which the biblical text seeks to promote. Having said that, some pastoral perspectives on safety and security, as well as self-defence, are also explored.en_ZA
dc.description.departmentOld Testament Studiesen_ZA
dc.description.embargo2019-11-01
dc.description.librarianam2019en_ZA
dc.description.urihttps://upjournals.co.za/index.php/JSEMen_ZA
dc.identifier.citationRugwiji, T.T. 2018, 'Rereading narratives of safety and security in ancient Israel from a pastoral perspective', Journal for Semitics, vol. 27, no. 1, art. #3559, pp. 1-19.en_ZA
dc.identifier.issn1013-8471
dc.identifier.other10.25159/1013-8471/3559
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2263/68303
dc.language.isoenen_ZA
dc.publisherUnisa Pressen_ZA
dc.rights© Unisa Press 2018en_ZA
dc.subjectYahwehen_ZA
dc.subjectIsraelen_ZA
dc.subjectMurderen_ZA
dc.subjectRapeen_ZA
dc.subjectAssaulten_ZA
dc.subjectHebrew Bibleen_ZA
dc.subjectOld Testamenten_ZA
dc.subjectSelf-defenceen_ZA
dc.subjectSafety and securityen_ZA
dc.subjectTorahen_ZA
dc.subject.otherTheology articles SDG-04
dc.subject.otherSDG-04: Quality education
dc.subject.otherTheology articles SDG-11
dc.subject.otherSDG-11: Sustainable cities and communities
dc.subject.otherTheology articles SDG-16
dc.subject.otherSDG-16: Peace, justice and strong institutions
dc.titleRereading narratives of safety and security in ancient Israel from a pastoral perspectiveen_ZA
dc.typeArticleen_ZA

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