In the Beginning, God created: cosmogony as a rhetorical strategy for the reconstruction of collective ties during the 6th and 5th centuries BCE

Authors

  • Enzo Snitovsky Onodera Universidade de São Paulo. Faculdade de Filosofia, Letras e Ciências Humanas

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.11606/issn.1982-7547.hd.2022.192472

Keywords:

Judah, Exile, Cosmogony, Memory, Trauma

Abstract

In this article, we intend to study how the prophetical tradition of Second Isaiah uses the theme of Creation as a rhetorical and mnemonic resource during the reconstruction of the Judean community in exile after the deportations of the 6th and 5th centuries BCE. For this, we resorted to Karel van der Toorn's studies about the impacts of diasporic phenomena in the construction of collective identities in Antiquity. Afterwards, we discussed collective memory and its mechanisms of intergenerational transmission after traumatic and destructive experiences. Finally, with chapters 43 and 44 of Isaiah in mind, we analyzed how the oracles mention and reframe the theme of Creation, examining its possible impacts on the reconstruction of collective ties and cultural representations during the diaspora of the 6th and 5th centuries BCE.

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Author Biography

  • Enzo Snitovsky Onodera, Universidade de São Paulo. Faculdade de Filosofia, Letras e Ciências Humanas

    É mestrando do Programa de Pós-Graduação em História Social da Universidade de São Paulo (PPGHS – USP), bolsista do Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (Processo  163250/20227) e graduado em História também pela Universidade de São Paulo (USP), SP, Brasil. À época do envio do artigo, o autor ainda não havia ingressado no mestrado.

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Published

2023-04-20

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Vol. 12 (2023)

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In the Beginning, God created: cosmogony as a rhetorical strategy for the reconstruction of collective ties during the 6th and 5th centuries BCE. (2023). Humanidades Em diálogo, 12, 57-68. https://doi.org/10.11606/issn.1982-7547.hd.2022.192472

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