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A Postcolonial Woman’s Encounter with Moses and MiriamConclusion

A Postcolonial Woman’s Encounter with Moses and Miriam: Conclusion [I began this project with a literary concern, contemplating the role that empathy plays in the reading process and how it could be used in interpreting Hebrew biblical narratives. Tracing the conceptual history and usage of the term in chapter 2, I discovered that “empathy” is a complex and multifaceted phenomenon with which every human being is prewired, and from which an insightful method of reading can be derived. It is different even from “sympathy” in its ability to profoundly understand and yet retain a distinct sense of self. Hence, one can even empathize with a character whom one may not like or whose actions one may not agree with. I built on neuroscientists’ recent discovery of mirror neurons, which not only provides empirical evidence that every reader is born with an empathic consciousness, but also presents the strong possibility that these empathy neurons can even help one to infer the unspoken intentions of another in a specific context. I argued that an empathic reader, identifying with the “inner” parts of the characters, can issue a legitimate reading where the unspoken feelings and intentions of a character can be illuminated.] http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png

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Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan US
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© Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Nature America Inc. 2015
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978-1-349-55261-0
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201 –204
DOI
10.1057/9781137543929_8
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Abstract

[I began this project with a literary concern, contemplating the role that empathy plays in the reading process and how it could be used in interpreting Hebrew biblical narratives. Tracing the conceptual history and usage of the term in chapter 2, I discovered that “empathy” is a complex and multifaceted phenomenon with which every human being is prewired, and from which an insightful method of reading can be derived. It is different even from “sympathy” in its ability to profoundly understand and yet retain a distinct sense of self. Hence, one can even empathize with a character whom one may not like or whose actions one may not agree with. I built on neuroscientists’ recent discovery of mirror neurons, which not only provides empirical evidence that every reader is born with an empathic consciousness, but also presents the strong possibility that these empathy neurons can even help one to infer the unspoken intentions of another in a specific context. I argued that an empathic reader, identifying with the “inner” parts of the characters, can issue a legitimate reading where the unspoken feelings and intentions of a character can be illuminated.]

Published: Nov 28, 2015

Keywords: Mirror Neuron; Reading Strategy; Biblical Study; Distinct Sense; Multifaceted Phenomenon

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