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" From Hebrew Priests to Irish Poets: A Comparative Study of the Construction of National Identity Through the Cultural Literature of Ancient Israel and the Irish Literary Revival "
Carter, Patrick A.
Duncan, Julie A.
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Latin Dissertation
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English
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1053739
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TL52856
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Carter, Patrick A.
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From Hebrew Priests to Irish Poets: A Comparative Study of the Construction of National Identity Through the Cultural Literature of Ancient Israel and the Irish Literary Revival\ Carter, Patrick A.Duncan, Julie A.
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Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary
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2020
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M.T.S.
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2020
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72 p.
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The embracement of different types of identities has been core to the human experience since, at least, the dawn of human civilizations. Throughout the Modern Era, an identity of primary concern has been that of “national identity”, and with it has come the ideology of nationalism. Some scholars argue over nationalism and even the definition of national identity, as to when it began to be present among groups. By comparing and discussing both an example of national literature in the Hebrew Bible’s Deuteronomistic History collection, and the formation of the Irish Literary Revival in turn of the twentieth century Ireland, this paper seeks to reexamine the interpretive history of ancient texts in the formation of modern cultures. All modern western culture has been involved directly with Christianity due to both Rome and the British Empire’s allegiance to the Christian faith. By examining the Deuteronomistic History, a collection of biblical books likely written amidst exile in Babylon by exiled Israelites seeking to retain their identity, one sees clearly a process of “ethnoreligious nationalism” in the reconstruction and new construction of history and myth to formulate an idealized Israelite identity and history. By contrasting this with the situation in Ireland, one much closer to the current day and placed in the heart of modernity, the comparison yields enlightening results as to the human condition surrounding national identity, in both the ancient and the modern world. Further, this study shows the importance of art, namely literature, in the outcry from those being subdued by imperial powers, and the power that literature has to invoke unity among its people.
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Biblical studies
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Comparative literature
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Literature
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Duncan, Julie A.
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Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary
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