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Hybridity and the Letter of Aristeas

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Hybridity and the Letter of Aristeas

[Article]

Ronald Charles

Leiden

Brill

This paper explores how the complex notion of hybridity, as developed by Homi K. Bhabha, can shed light on the Letter of Aristeas. Throughout the narrative of this ancient Jewish tale one finds a risky attempt on the part of the author to incorporate the best aspects of the two cultures and modes of thinking-Judaism and Hellenism-within which his community were living in Alexandria. In order to understand the dynamics of the hybrid condition of Aristeas in its ambivalence, this paper argues that the multiple agencies in place to foster a certain version of Jewish identity in this diasporic social location are best captured in the forms of calculated negotiations, prudent affiliations, and idealized memory. This paper explores how the complex notion of hybridity, as developed by Homi K. Bhabha, can shed light on the Letter of Aristeas. Throughout the narrative of this ancient Jewish tale one finds a risky attempt on the part of the author to incorporate the best aspects of the two cultures and modes of thinking-Judaism and Hellenism-within which his community were living in Alexandria. In order to understand the dynamics of the hybrid condition of Aristeas in its ambivalence, this paper argues that the multiple agencies in place to foster a certain version of Jewish identity in this diasporic social location are best captured in the forms of calculated negotiations, prudent affiliations, and idealized memory.

2009

242-259

Journal for the Study of Judaism

40/2

1570-0631

HYBRIDITY

JEWISH IDENTITY

LETTER OF ARISTEAS

POSTCOLONIAL

TRANSLATION

Ronald Charles

10.1163/157006309X410662

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