The Origin of Israelites and the Theory of Liminality

In this presentation, Professor Arav examines the material known to us about the origin of the Israelites in the light of Liminality Theory put forward by the anthropologist Victor Turner and elaborated upon by his students. This theory maintains that human societies shift from social structures to anti-social structures and vice-versa. During the course of the lecture, Dr. Arav investigates those unique features of the anti-social structures that surprisingly apply to the origin of the Israelites.

This was part of The Genesis of Things DVD.