Antiquity was super racist. Or, as I’ve talked about before, antiquity was super “proto-racist.” Geography was destiny and where you were from told everyone everything they wanted to know about who you were and what your character was like. As horrible as that is—and let’s be clear, whether we want to call this proto-racism, racism,Continue reading “Subverting Commands and Expectations: Racism and Womanhood in Ruth 3”
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Ruth the Moabitess: Proto-Racism, Literary Criticism, and Ruth 3
Antiquity was super racist. Well, that’s not quitetrue. To use the term that Benjamin H. Isaac uses in The Invention of Racism in Classical Antiquity (2004), antiquity was super “proto-racist.” Peoples in antiquity always had very strong perception of what other peoples were like. Isaac illustrates this through the Roman views of others: the EasternContinue reading “Ruth the Moabitess: Proto-Racism, Literary Criticism, and Ruth 3”
Solomon, Qoheleth, and Kyle Korver: the Consequences of Our Actions
We’re nearing the end of the school year (phew!). One of the courses that I get to teach most Spring semesters is Introduction to Old Testament Poetry, which covers Psalms, Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, and Song. We just finished the unit which covers Proverbs and Ecclesiastes. These books, which both deal with wisdom, are incredibly different inContinue reading “Solomon, Qoheleth, and Kyle Korver: the Consequences of Our Actions”
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