Ger: deterritorialized immigrant in talmudic exile

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, init...

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Published inJewish culture and history Vol. 20; no. 1; pp. 23 - 42
Main Author Lapidot, Elad
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Abingdon Routledge 02.01.2019
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Subjects
Borders
Deterritorialization
Exile
Ger
Humanities and Social Sciences
Immigrants
immigration
Israel
Literature
Philosophy
Religions
talmud
Israel
exile
immigration
Israel
deterritorialization
Ger
talmud
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ISSN1462-169X
2167-9428
DOI10.1080/1462169X.2019.1557460

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Summary: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.
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ISSN:1462-169X
2167-9428
DOI:10.1080/1462169X.2019.1557460