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Titel
Emotional Responses to the Pain of Others in Josephus’s Rewritten Scriptures and the Testament of Zebulun: Between Power and Vulnerability
Ist Teil von
  • Journal of Biblical literature, 2014-01, Vol.133 (4), p.838-857
Ort / Verlag
Society of Biblical Literature
Erscheinungsjahr
2014
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Quelle
Literature Online (LION)
Beschreibungen/Notizen
  • The first eleven books of Josephus’s Jewish Antiquities and the Testament of Zebulun , part of the Testaments of the Twelve Patriarchs , present a common insistence on emotional responses to the pain of others. This article studies how both texts construct the emotions that one is supposed to have when facing the suffering of others. For Josephus, the basic response to others’ pain is pity, rooted in the rhetorical tradition but reinterpreted. Emotionally responding to others’ pain depends on a cognitive appraisal and is characteristic of high moral character, which may contribute to creating a sense of superiority. In the Testament of Zebulun , the response to others’ pain is primarily an embodied experience. The self may be unable to help the one in pain, and intense emotions then compensate for lack of action. Compassion is rooted in the realization of one’s own vulnerability. Both discourses, in fact, illustrate a particular aspect of compassion, emphasizing either empowerment or vulnerability. In the conclusion, the article looks at emotional responses to others’ pain as occasions for the self to position itself toward others while they are vulnerable, thus less threatening. By displaying appropriate emotions, the self redefines its position vis-a-vis its peers and manifests its belonging to the social group.
Sprache
Englisch
Identifikatoren
ISSN: 0021-9231, 1934-3876
eISSN: 1934-3876
DOI: 10.1353/jbl.2014.0059
Titel-ID: cdi_gale_infotracacademiconefile_A396430210

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