The Way: To State and Cultivate the Alliance

0Citations
Citations of this article
1Readers
Mendeley users who have this article in their library.
Get full text

Abstract

The man of the Antiquity had more access to the mystery of life. He lived in a world where men and women and visible beings were but a small part of the population capable of speech. The world was full of messages and symbols that were perceived in a deep and clear way. Many of those words were alive and real, but we have forgotten them, just like it happens when we learn a new language as adults and forget the one acquired in our childhood. And so, we become poorer. When he arrived in the land of his uncle Laban, Jacob saw a well in the open country. The well is a great symbol in the nomadic cultures. It was and it still is a sign of life, of nature’s regeneration, of the survival of the flocks and people, the place of relationships, communities, oases and meetings, the place of life. And in the Bible it is at the wells that many encounters between men and women take place: Isaac, Moses, Jesus and the Samaritan woman. There is, in fact, an ancient and widespread familiarity of the figure of the woman and water (sirens, nymphs). Jacob, too, meets his cousin Rachel at a well while she is tending the flock.

Cite

CITATION STYLE

APA

Bruni, L. (2019). The Way: To State and Cultivate the Alliance. In Virtues and Economics (Vol. 4, pp. 51–54). Springer Nature. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-04082-6_13

Register to see more suggestions

Mendeley helps you to discover research relevant for your work.

Already have an account?

Save time finding and organizing research with Mendeley

Sign up for free