TY - JOUR
T1 - Migración y desplazamiento desde el corazón de las sagradas escrituras
AU - Arenas, Paula Andrea García
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2022,Theologica Xaveriana.All Rights Reserved
PY - 2022
Y1 - 2022
N2 - To speak of human mobility is to speak of a fact that can be addressed from two points of view: the causes—or situations that motivate the departure from one’s own territory; and the consequences—the situations that migrants encounter in the places of destination. While some individuals understand such mobility as a resource for solving problems in the places of origin, others perceive it as a threat and a social burden that shakes cultural and social relationships. The books of the Bible describe such situations intertwined with salvation history, in which God makes himself present. In some parts, these books describe the circumstances that motivated entire populations to go out in search of better lands; and in others, they describe how were these people received, and the challenges they faced in building a new story in the places where they arrived. The Bible assigns an important position to the migrant, either to guide the way in which she or he should be received, or to tell migrants what to do when arriving in a foreign place; this, because the people of Israel will consider themselves as foreigners as long as they can return to God’s promised land. Thus, begins the so-called historical creed in the book of Deuteronomy: “My father was a wandering Aramean” (Dt 26:5). The Old Testament offers many stories of characters who have left their homeland, seeking for a better destiny, while God guarantees them protection as migrants. In the New Testament, Jesus presents himself as a migrant, relates to strangers in a foreign land, and proposes—to those who want to follow him—an itinerant uprooting movement. These are the topics that we will address in the following pages, in an attempt to understand migration from the very heart of the Scriptures.
AB - To speak of human mobility is to speak of a fact that can be addressed from two points of view: the causes—or situations that motivate the departure from one’s own territory; and the consequences—the situations that migrants encounter in the places of destination. While some individuals understand such mobility as a resource for solving problems in the places of origin, others perceive it as a threat and a social burden that shakes cultural and social relationships. The books of the Bible describe such situations intertwined with salvation history, in which God makes himself present. In some parts, these books describe the circumstances that motivated entire populations to go out in search of better lands; and in others, they describe how were these people received, and the challenges they faced in building a new story in the places where they arrived. The Bible assigns an important position to the migrant, either to guide the way in which she or he should be received, or to tell migrants what to do when arriving in a foreign place; this, because the people of Israel will consider themselves as foreigners as long as they can return to God’s promised land. Thus, begins the so-called historical creed in the book of Deuteronomy: “My father was a wandering Aramean” (Dt 26:5). The Old Testament offers many stories of characters who have left their homeland, seeking for a better destiny, while God guarantees them protection as migrants. In the New Testament, Jesus presents himself as a migrant, relates to strangers in a foreign land, and proposes—to those who want to follow him—an itinerant uprooting movement. These are the topics that we will address in the following pages, in an attempt to understand migration from the very heart of the Scriptures.
KW - Bread
KW - Exile
KW - Foreigner
KW - Itinerancy
KW - Jews
KW - Migration in the bible
KW - Pagans
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85130604635&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.11144/JAVERIANA.TX72.MDCSE
DO - 10.11144/JAVERIANA.TX72.MDCSE
M3 - Artículo
AN - SCOPUS:85130604635
SN - 0120-3649
VL - 72
JO - Theologica Xaveriana
JF - Theologica Xaveriana
ER -