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Vol. 4:1 (2018) ► pp.29–52

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The Linguistic Landscape of religious expression in Israel

 | Tel Aviv University
Published online: 26 March 2018
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https://doi.org/10.1075/ll.17004.koc
Abstract
The religious Linguistic Landscape of the town of Safed in the Upper Galilee in Israel was studied to determine the features, properties, and boundaries signifying the spectrum of belief in the Jewish Orthodox world. In Israel, where much of everyday life is defined within a religious context, signs, posters, stickers, flags, and graffiti are a common sight and express an ongoing dynamic in the Linguistic Landscape by referencing other dimensions expressed in dress, music, and dance as well as the Internet. Expanding on the initial study is a discussion as to whether the Linguistic Landscape is utilized to express the expectation of messianic redemption through the repetition of the images of spiritual leaders and the visual representations of a religious mantra.
עברית
.הנוף הלשוני בנושאי דת בעיר צפת בגליל העליון בישראל, נחקר במאמר זה במטרה לאתר את המאפיינים, התכונות והגבולות המסמלים את קש. האמונה בעולם היהודי האורתודוקסי בישראל. הרבה מחיי היומיום מוגדרים בהקשר דתי, דרך שלטים, כרזות, מדבקות, דגלים וגרפיטי . אלה מהווים חזות משותפת המבטאת דינמיקה מתמשכת של הנוף הלשוני על ידי התייחסות לממדים נוספים המתבטאים גם בלבוש, מוסיקה, ריקוד, ובאינטרנט. המחקר דן בשאלה – באיזו מידה מבטא הנוף את הציפייה לגאולה משיחית באמצעות דימויים של מנהיגים רוחניים ושל ייצוגים חזותיים של נושאים דתיים.
Article outline
  • 1.Introduction
  • 2.Literature review
    • 2.1Religion in the Linguistic Landscape
    • 2.2Material religion
  • 3.Orthodoxy, Hasidic movements, and the time of redemption
    • 3.1Chabad and the Lubavitcher Rebbe
    • 3.2The Breslov Na Nachs
  • 4.Research methodology
    • 4.1Results
  • 5.Discussion
    • 5.1Religious text
    • 5.2Internal dynamic within the religious Linguistic Landscape
    • 5.3Mantra in the religious Linguistic Landscape
    • 5.4Reciprocity, repetition and redemption
  • 6.Conclusion
  • References
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