The Positive Role of Shame for Post-exilic Returnees in Ezra/Nehemiah
In: Old Testament Essays, Jg. 33 (2020), Heft 2, S. 250-265
Online
academicJournal
Zugriff:
While shame is often cast in a negative light as a response accompanied by destructive forces in modern culture, this article examines a different phenomenon and argues that shame plays an important positive role for post-exilic returnees in Ezra/Nehemiah. Shame can be progressive and edifying if it is oriented in the right direction. This article surveys key shame terms in Ezra/Nehemiah by examining בושׁ I in Ezra 8:22, בושׁ I and כלם in Ezra 9:6-7, חרפה in Neh 1:3; 2:17 and בוזה in Neh 3:36 (Eng. 4:4) for their semantics and concludes that shame plays a positive role in social control for the post-exilic returnees. Shame, in each of these cases, motivated the people of God not for bad but for good; it contributed to the rebuilding of the temple of the Lord, the rebuilding of the wall, and the restoration of a holy people to the Lord in the midst of fierce opposition.
Titel: |
The Positive Role of Shame for Post-exilic Returnees in Ezra/Nehemiah
|
---|---|
Autor/in / Beteiligte Person: | Kang, Bin |
Link: | |
Zeitschrift: | Old Testament Essays, Jg. 33 (2020), Heft 2, S. 250-265 |
Veröffentlichung: | Old Testament Society of South Africa, 2020 |
Medientyp: | academicJournal |
ISSN: | 2312-3621 (print) ; 1010-9919 (print) |
DOI: | 10.17159/2312-3621/2020/v33n2a6 |
Schlagwort: |
|
Sonstiges: |
|