Hebrewsâ Heterotopias and the Shaping of the Colonial Christian Mind
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Interpreters have traditionally understood the ideal spaces described in the book of Hebrews, and particularly that of Godâs ârestâ (Heb. 3-4), in either âspiritual-imminentâ (Platonic) terms or âphysical-eschatologicalâ (apocalyptic) terms, though many Christian scholars ultimately conflate these concepts, landing on a âspiritual-eschatologicalâ interpretation. However, such framing largely ignores the possibility of the âphysical-imminentâ in interpretation of the ideal and the implications thereof. Consideration of Foucaultâs taxonomy of space, which includes utopia, dystopia, and, critically, heterotopia, allows for a more precise interpretation of the ideal in Hebrews that appropriately leaves room for the âphysical-imminentâ and its real-world implications. Moreover, as considering Foucaultâs concept of heterotopia shows, the proto-heterotopic thinking on display in Hebrews prefigures, and is likely a source for, subsequent Christian colonial logic.
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Hebrewsâ Heterotopias and the Shaping of the Colonial Christian Mind
In: Biblical InterpretationSearch for other papers by Jolyon G. R. Pruszinski in
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Abstract
Interpreters have traditionally understood the ideal spaces described in the book of Hebrews, and particularly that of Godâs ârestâ (Heb. 3-4), in either âspiritual-imminentâ (Platonic) terms or âphysical-eschatologicalâ (apocalyptic) terms, though many Christian scholars ultimately conflate these concepts, landing on a âspiritual-eschatologicalâ interpretation. However, such framing largely ignores the possibility of the âphysical-imminentâ in interpretation of the ideal and the implications thereof. Consideration of Foucaultâs taxonomy of space, which includes utopia, dystopia, and, critically, heterotopia, allows for a more precise interpretation of the ideal in Hebrews that appropriately leaves room for the âphysical-imminentâ and its real-world implications. Moreover, as considering Foucaultâs concept of heterotopia shows, the proto-heterotopic thinking on display in Hebrews prefigures, and is likely a source for, subsequent Christian colonial logic.
| All Time | Past 365 days | Past 30 Days | |
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| Abstract Views | 24 | 24 | 24 |
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| PDF Views & Downloads | 14 | 14 | 14 |
