Abstract
To be human is to be embodied, and to be embodied is to be emplaced. The experience of being embodied and the experience of being emplaced are inseparable – to be is to be in place. Within the book of Jeremiah, there is an interpenetration of body and place that blurs the boundaries between human, city and land. The prophetic body is fortified (1:18-19) and the fortified city is embodied. The land calls out in groaning and lament. Drawing on insights from cultural geography and trauma theory, this paper seeks to explore the power of mis-placed bodies for a community whose place of knowing and meaning making has been decimated and destroyed.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 48-59 |
| Number of pages | 12 |
| Journal | Australian Biblical Review |
| Volume | 67 |
| Publication status | Published - 2019 |
Keywords
- Hebrew Bible
- Trauma theory
- Exile
- Jeremiah
- Emplacement