چکیده:
The presence of Jews in Iran goes hack o more than 2700years ago. They were the first group of people who took advantage of liberating orders introduced by Cyrus, the Achaemenid king. During almost a 30-century period, the cultural, political, and social fate of Iranian Jews has been so intertwined with that of other Iranians to the extent that it is impossible to separate Iranian Jews from their Iranian identity. Why there is such a permanent and ever-lasting relationship between the identity of Iranian Jews and that of other Iranians? What is the relationship between identity foundations of Iranian Jews and their national-Iranian identity?The concept of"identity" in Judaism is defined with an emphasis ona religious interpretation of the concept of "otherness" and the *Jewish holy texts and scriptures indicate that I ran and Iranians have never been considered as "others" by Jews. In addition, Iranians Jews have various objective and subjective identity commonalities with other Iranians. Their only difference with other Iranians is rooted in their religious beliefs. However, this ideological and religious disparity has lost its significance due to territorial proximity in pre-Islamic time and the historical continuation of this proximity afterwards.
خلاصه ماشینی:
What is the relationship between identity foundations of Iranian Jews and their national-Iranian identity?The concept of"identity" in Judaism is defined with an emphasis ona religious interpretation of the concept of "otherness" and the *Jewish holy texts and scriptures indicate that I ran and Iranians have never been considered as "others" by Jews.
Identity, Iranian Jews, Otherness, Old Testament, Adaptability Keywords: *Parvin Shirdcl holds a Master's degree in Religions and Mysticism from Tehran University.
First, Judaism defines identity according to religious interpretations of the concept ofvothemess"; and, second, there arc various objective and subjective factors that affect man's identity and designate his status within the society, but the only differentiating element that separates Iranian Jews from the rest of the population is their religion.
Jewish Diasporas have been forced to be mixed with local communities during different historical times, as a result of which they have lost their personal identities and adopted an ambiguous character.
Abraham's migration from Ur(in Babylon) to Harranandhis encounter with Jehovah and the conclusion of an agreement between them in which the Promised Land was pledged to descendents of Abraham in return for their obedience of the God is considered as the first historical period of the Jews.
Despite the fact that Talmud and the Old Testament, as well as other Jewish religious texts recommend the Jewish community to refrain from being assimilated in the culture of the society in which they are living, Iranian Jews continue to wear their own Iranian costumes.
In fact, the Jewish community in Iran has effectively collaborated with other Iranians during various historical periods.