Strategies of Stranger Inclusion in the Narrative Traditions of Joshua–Judges: The Cases of Rahab’s household, the Kenites and the Gibeonites

Ancient Israelite thought – represented by biblical Hebrew terminology – is aware of the difference between a non-assimilated stranger (נֵכָר / נָכְרִי; זָר) and that of a semi-assimilated stranger (גֵּר; תּוֹשָׁב). The legal traditions of the OT are rather static and categorical regarding the diffe...

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Main Author: Péter Jenei
Format: Article
Language:Afrikaans
Published: Old Testament Society of South Africa 2019-05-01
Series:Old Testament Essays
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