Hybridity and the Letter of Aristeas

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" Hybridity and the Letter of Aristeas "
Ronald Charles

Document Type	:	AL
Record Number	:	1074883
Doc. No	:	LA118512
Call No	:	‭10.1163/157006309X410662‬
Language of Document	:	English
Main Entry	:	Ronald Charles
Title & Author	:	Hybridity and the Letter of Aristeas [Article]\ Ronald Charles
Publication Statement	:	Leiden: Brill
Title of Periodical	:	Journal for the Study of Judaism
Date	:	2009
Volume/ Issue Number	:	40/2
Page No	:	242–259
Abstract	:	This paper explores how the complex notion of hybridity, as developed by Homi K. Bhabha, can shed light on the Letter of Aristeas. Throughout the narrative of this ancient Jewish tale one finds a risky attempt on the part of the author to incorporate the best aspects of the two cultures and modes of thinking—Judaism and Hellenism—within which his community were living in Alexandria. In order to understand the dynamics of the hybrid condition of Aristeas in its ambivalence, this paper argues that the multiple agencies in place to foster a certain version of Jewish identity in this diasporic social location are best captured in the forms of calculated negotiations, prudent affiliations, and idealized memory. This paper explores how the complex notion of hybridity, as developed by Homi K. Bhabha, can shed light on the Letter of Aristeas. Throughout the narrative of this ancient Jewish tale one finds a risky attempt on the part of the author to incorporate the best aspects of the two cultures and modes of thinking—Judaism and Hellenism—within which his community were living in Alexandria. In order to understand the dynamics of the hybrid condition of Aristeas in its ambivalence, this paper argues that the multiple agencies in place to foster a certain version of Jewish identity in this diasporic social location are best captured in the forms of calculated negotiations, prudent affiliations, and idealized memory.
Descriptor	:	HYBRIDITY
Descriptor	:	JEWISH IDENTITY
Descriptor	:	LETTER OF ARISTEAS
Descriptor	:	POSTCOLONIAL
Descriptor	:	TRANSLATION
Location & Call number	:	‭10.1163/157006309X410662‬