%0 Journal Article
%T Knowing the Heart of the Stranger: Empathy, Remembrance, and Narrative in Jewish Reception of Exodus 22:21, Deuteronomy 10:19, and Parallels
%A Shani Tzoref
%J Interpretation
%@ 2159-340X
%D 2018
%R 10.1177/0020964317749540
%X With its exhortation ¡°You shall also love the stranger (g¨¥r), for you were strangers (g¨¥r£¿m) in the land of Egypt¡± (Deut 10:19), the book of Deuteronomy helps cultivate a healthy and appreciative sense of past hardship, current prosperity, progress, and relative privilege. In contemporary culture, where the term ¡°privilege¡± has become an unfortunate source of contention, Deuteronomy might point a way for recognition of one¡¯s relative privilege in regard to an Other as a basis for gratitude and responsibility. This essay argues that we have gained ¡°privilege¡± after having been immigrants and strangers in a strange land. Privilege could become an empowering and challenging exercise of counting one¡¯s blessings and considering how these could be used for the benefit of others, including strangers in our land
%K Continuity
%K Empathy
%K g¨¥r
%K g¨¥r£¿m
%K Hospitality
%K Identity
%K Imitatio Dei
%K Immigrants
%K Memory
%K Narrative
%K Other
%K Privilege
%K Rabbinic exegesis
%K Stranger
%K Trauma
%U https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/0020964317749540