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- Title
'What is this Evil Thing ... Profaning the Sabbath?' A New-Historicist Look at the Sabbath Restrictions in Nehemiah 13:15-22.
- Authors
Irudayaraj, Dominic S.
- Abstract
As one of the three 'reforms' that Nehemiah undertakes, Nehemiah 13:15-22 narrates his Sabbath 'reforms'. In this action-filled self-portrait, Nehemiah paints himself as the safeguarder of the sanctity of the Sabbath (cf. v.22). A New Historical scrutiny of the portrait, however, reveals a twin excess therein: (i) in Nehemiah's power; (ii) in his novel interpretation of the 'book of Moses' (cf. 13:1). Whereas the former provides a reading strategy (interpretive significance), the latter bears witness to the adaptability and survival of texts--both biblical and ours (pastoral significance).
- Subjects
GOOD &; evil; SWEARING (Profanity); SABBATH; BIBLE. Nehemiah; MOSES (Biblical leader)
- Publication
Conspectus (South African Theological Seminary), 2017, Vol 23, p99
- ISSN
1996-8167
- Publication type
Article