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Ethnicity. Dr Diana Edelman University of Sheffield. Emic: insider’s view Etic: outsider’s view An ethnic trait or marker can be anything that is used by a given group of people in their daily life or culture. Some typical ethnic traits: diet language clothing, hairstyles - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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EthnicityEthnicity
Dr Diana EdelmanUniversity of Sheffield
Dr Diana EdelmanUniversity of Sheffield
Emic: insider’s view
Etic: outsider’s view
An ethnic trait or marker can be anything that is used by a given group of people in their daily life or culture.
Emic: insider’s view
Etic: outsider’s view
An ethnic trait or marker can be anything that is used by a given group of people in their daily life or culture.
Some typical ethnic traits:
dietlanguageclothing, hairstylesreligion, ritualburial customsdance, musicpottery forms and styles of decoration
shared common historyarchitecture
Some typical ethnic traits:
dietlanguageclothing, hairstylesreligion, ritualburial customsdance, musicpottery forms and styles of decoration
shared common historyarchitecture
Israel and Judah can designate:
geographical regions political entities people who are associated with a
specific geographical region or political unit
Israel came also to designate a religious community that worshipped one god, Yahweh Elohim
Israel and Judah can designate:
geographical regions political entities people who are associated with a
specific geographical region or political unit
Israel came also to designate a religious community that worshipped one god, Yahweh Elohim
A diaspora is a community of displaced persons living apart from their place of origin.
Are diaspora communities primarily political or ethnic?
A diaspora is a community of displaced persons living apart from their place of origin.
Are diaspora communities primarily political or ethnic?
Emic traits of ‘Israel’ given in the Hebrew Scriptures:
Kosher diet Use of mezzuzot on doorposts of houses
Fringes on clothes Use of tefillin Attendance at 3 pilgrimage festivals: Passover, Feast of Weeks, Feast of Booths
Circumcision of male babies on 8th day after birth
Adherence to Torah as canonical body of texts
Emic traits of ‘Israel’ given in the Hebrew Scriptures:
Kosher diet Use of mezzuzot on doorposts of houses
Fringes on clothes Use of tefillin Attendance at 3 pilgrimage festivals: Passover, Feast of Weeks, Feast of Booths
Circumcision of male babies on 8th day after birth
Adherence to Torah as canonical body of texts
Verifiable traits of monarchic era Judahites from HB texts:
None
Likely traits from HB texts:
Attendance at religious festivals
Circumcision of male children
Verifiable traits of monarchic era Judahites from HB texts:
None
Likely traits from HB texts:
Attendance at religious festivals
Circumcision of male children
Archaeologically verified traits of Judahites:
Pottery forms and decorative styles Diet Dress (siege of Lachish) Hebrew dialect Burial in family tombs; no cremation Worship of Yahweh and Asherah and pantheon; honoring of dead ancestors
architecture
Archaeologically verified traits of Judahites:
Pottery forms and decorative styles Diet Dress (siege of Lachish) Hebrew dialect Burial in family tombs; no cremation Worship of Yahweh and Asherah and pantheon; honoring of dead ancestors
architecture
The Siege of Lachish from the Palace of Sennacherib (704-681
BCE) at Nineveh
The Black Obelisk of Shalmaneser III (858-824 BCE) Found at Nimrud
