parochialism

plural parochialisms

1. countableuncountableThe quality or state of being parochial; especially: selfish pettiness or narrowness (as of interests, opinions, or views).

   This is also a transition away from Judean Temple parochialism, to cosmic sovereignty on the part of Yahweh, as we've seen, I think, in Ezekiel.

   2025 July 29, Dr. James Justin Sledge (ESOTERICA), “Introduction to Merkavah Mysticism - 2 of 15 - Theophany as Foundation - YouTube”, in YouTube (video), archived from the original on 25 Jun 2020, timestamp 54:28

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   Tzvetan Todorov has shrewdly argued that the whole notion of "primitive narrative" is a kind of mental mirage engendered by modern parochialism, for the more closely you look at a particular ancient narrative, the more you are compelled to recognize the complexity and subtlety with which it is formally organized and with which it renders its subjects, and the more you see how it is conscious of its necessary status as artful discourse.

   1981, Robert Alter, “A Literary Approach to the Bible”, in The Art of Biblical Narrative, page 21