Ger: deterritorialized immigrant in talmudic exile
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Abstract
This essay reflects on the cross-border performance of the ger in the
basic rabbinic text, the Talmud. It looks at ways in which the ger opens
up inside the Talmudic texture a space of reflection on the borders of
the rabbinic socio-political project, i.e. ‘Israel’. The immigrant ger,
initially an outsider, is unveiled as a paradigm of the rabbinic subject.
The guiding question concerns the nature of the space in which the
cross-border event of the ger takes place, namely the topo-logy of
rabbinic Israel. The basic observation is the shift from biblical territorial
narrative to deterritorialized Talmud.
basic rabbinic text, the Talmud. It looks at ways in which the ger opens
up inside the Talmudic texture a space of reflection on the borders of
the rabbinic socio-political project, i.e. ‘Israel’. The immigrant ger,
initially an outsider, is unveiled as a paradigm of the rabbinic subject.
The guiding question concerns the nature of the space in which the
cross-border event of the ger takes place, namely the topo-logy of
rabbinic Israel. The basic observation is the shift from biblical territorial
narrative to deterritorialized Talmud.
Date Issued
2019
Publication Type
Article
Language(s)
en
Additional Credits
Journal
Jewish culture and history
Publisher
Taylor & Francis
ISSN
1462-169X
Access(Rights)
restricted