ANTROPOFAGIA E IDENTIDADE CULTURAL: UMA ANÁLISE DA ANTROPOFAGIA NO DISCURSO RELIGIOSO NOS TEXTOS DA BÍBLIA HEBRAICA

Abstract

This is a research on anthropophagy in the sacred texts of the Old Testament, where we evaluate whether the act of cannibalism presented in the Hebrew Bible were facts that actually occurred in the bosom of ancient Israel, or whether such accounts were merely a literary resource used by the authors. Having concluded that the act of cannibalism for survival actually occurred, we will see then that they were like influences left by the anthropophagy, for a formation of the cultural identity of that people. Thus, in the first chapter is a historical survey to define the various concepts that hang on the theme. In the second chapter, following an exegetical analysis based on the historical-critical method, where the text of 2 Kings 6: 24-31, which we understand to be the forerunner of other texts. Finally, to work on other texts that present an anthropophagy: in laws, in prophets, and in poetry; In order to understand which were the reflections of the narrative of 2 Kings 6, 24-31, for a construction of the cultural identity of Israel.