
Résumé
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Jerusalem is the focal point of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, and, on a wider scale, of the whole Middle-Eastern dilemma. Consciously or otherwise, the parties deploy a traditional imaginary vision already expressed in many biblical texts. Jerusalem and its Temple lie, in truth, at the centre of a huge symbolic system which gives meaning to cult practices, legitimates the social hierarchy and corresponds to a desire for all-powerfulness. This book traces a path through those biblical texts which develop that tradition of the centre of the world, and those who contest it in the name of ethics. In the first part, we see the world of the Temple and the practice of pilgrimages, the literary motif of the attack of all the peoples against Zion, and the mirror image of the peaceful rise of the same peoples in the same place we also see the antagonistic figure of Babylon - centre of a hostile world - and the centralising reform of King Josiah. In the second part, the prophets denounce the illusions linked to the ideology of the Temple, illusions that thwart the demands for social justice and a faith that must be embodied in politics. This idea was furthered by the writings of the Deuteronomist school and some texts of the Persian period, then the New Testament unanimously. Only the last page of the Book of Revelation recalls the traditional vision, but without criticism. So the Bible appears to be the book of a debate that deals with the most fundamental questions: the image of God, the rapport with power, the relations between nations or religious groups.
Caractéristiques techniques
PAPIER | |
Éditeur(s) | Cerf |
Auteur(s) | Vermeylen Jacques |
Collection | Lectio divina |
Parution | 25/05/2007 |
Format | 13.5 x 21.5 |
Couverture | Broché |
Poids | 475g |
EAN13 | 9782204082624 |
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