“In Fact his Life is Unlike that of Others” (Wisd 2:15). Retaining Identity in a Context of Social Diversity
Updated by:
Michal Drori Elmalem
Research notes:
MDE/Reader Checked/02/11/2015
Reference type:
Journal Article
year:
2015
Full title:
“In Fact his Life is Unlike that of Others” (Wisd 2:15). Retaining Identity in a Context of Social Diversity
Journal / Book Title || Series Title:
Biblische Notizen
Volume:
164
Abbreviated Series Name:
BN
Pages:
65-85
Work type:
Essay/Monograph
Abstract:
Native language, education, as well as typical and cherished habits, define the identities of ethnic groups. So it was in the Book of Wisdom and so it is in the present. Whoever has power, tries to enlarge it. Hostile confrontations seem to be inevitable. Above all, the elements of identity are affected.
Primary Texts: Apocrypha and Pseudepigrapha:
Composition / Author:
Wisdom of Solomon
Passage:
2:15id
Label:
27/07/2015
Record number:
100 743