Steven Grosby
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Steven Grosby is Professor
of Religion
at Clemson University
. He received his PhD
from the Committee on Social Thought of the University of Chicago
.
His areas of research include the ancient Near East, the Hebrew Bible, the relation between religion and nationality, and Social and Political Philosophy.
His articles have appeared in journals such as Zeitschrift fur die alttestamentliche Wissenschaft, History of Religions, Journal of the Economic and Social History of the Orient, Archives Europeennes de Sociologie, and Nations and Nationalism.
“Grosby asserts that the human tendency to form attachments to the image of the native land. . . suggests something fundamental about human conduct.”
In his book Biblical Ideas of Nationality: Ancient and Modern, Grosby argues that the ideas of modern nationhood were already present in the Ancient Near East in places like Armenia, Edom, Egypt, and especially Biblical Israel, which later became the major model for European nation formation.
According to Anthony D. Smith
, Grosby argues that “from roughly the late seventh century BCE… Israel appears as a fully fledged nation.”
Professor
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of Religion
Religion
Religion is a collection of cultural systems, belief systems, and worldviews that establishes symbols that relate humanity to spirituality and, sometimes, to moral values. Many religions have narratives, symbols, traditions and sacred histories that are intended to give meaning to life or to...
at Clemson University
Clemson University
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. He received his PhD
PHD
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from the Committee on Social Thought of the University of Chicago
University of Chicago
The University of Chicago is a private research university in Chicago, Illinois, USA. It was founded by the American Baptist Education Society with a donation from oil magnate and philanthropist John D. Rockefeller and incorporated in 1890...
.
His areas of research include the ancient Near East, the Hebrew Bible, the relation between religion and nationality, and Social and Political Philosophy.
His articles have appeared in journals such as Zeitschrift fur die alttestamentliche Wissenschaft, History of Religions, Journal of the Economic and Social History of the Orient, Archives Europeennes de Sociologie, and Nations and Nationalism.
“Grosby asserts that the human tendency to form attachments to the image of the native land. . . suggests something fundamental about human conduct.”
In his book Biblical Ideas of Nationality: Ancient and Modern, Grosby argues that the ideas of modern nationhood were already present in the Ancient Near East in places like Armenia, Edom, Egypt, and especially Biblical Israel, which later became the major model for European nation formation.
According to Anthony D. Smith
Anthony D. Smith
Anthony D. Smith is Professor Emeritus of Nationalism and Ethnicity at the London School of Economics, and is considered one of the founders of the interdisciplinary field of nationalism studies...
, Grosby argues that “from roughly the late seventh century BCE… Israel appears as a fully fledged nation.”
Selected publications
- Biblical Ideas of Nationality: Ancient and Modern (2002)
- Hans Freyer, Theory of Objective Mind: An Introduction to the Philosophy of Culture. Series in Continental Thought No. 25 (translation) (1998)
- Editor of two volumes of selected writings of Edward Shils, The Virtue of Civility (1997) and The Calling of Education (1997)
- Nationality and Nationalism—a four volume Reader, co-editor (2004)
- Nationalism: A Very Short Introduction Oxford University Press (2005)