Location
Hope Hall
Start Date
4-3-2023 1:15 PM
End Date
4-3-2023 2:30 PM
Session Chair
Paula Harvie
Mentor
Dr. Anna Sieges Beal
Description
In the biblical narrative of Rahab, Rahab is colonized by the existing imperial powers, the patriarchal values of Israel, and the army of Joshua. In this assessment colonization is evaluated on four criteria: the control the colonizer exerts over material, cultural, symbolic, and religious resources of the colonized. Under these qualification, Rahab is a victim of colonization, and therefore, the decisions made by Rahab in the narrative may be read as acts of self-preservation.
Included in
Session IIIA: Religious Studies Presentation 4 - Reading Rahab through the Lens of Colonization
Hope Hall
In the biblical narrative of Rahab, Rahab is colonized by the existing imperial powers, the patriarchal values of Israel, and the army of Joshua. In this assessment colonization is evaluated on four criteria: the control the colonizer exerts over material, cultural, symbolic, and religious resources of the colonized. Under these qualification, Rahab is a victim of colonization, and therefore, the decisions made by Rahab in the narrative may be read as acts of self-preservation.