Dismembering the whole: composition and purpose of Judges 19-21

"The Book of Judges ends with a bizarre narrative of sex and violence that starts with a domestic tiff and ends with the decimation of a tribe that is restored by means of abduction and rape. Cynthia Edenburg applies a fresh literary analysis, recent understandings of historical linguistics, an...

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Beteilige Person: Edenburg, Cynthia 1953- (VerfasserIn)
Format: Buch
Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: Atlanta SBL Press [2016]
Schriftenreihe:Ancient Israel and its literature 24
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Zusammenfassung:"The Book of Judges ends with a bizarre narrative of sex and violence that starts with a domestic tiff and ends with the decimation of a tribe that is restored by means of abduction and rape. Cynthia Edenburg applies a fresh literary analysis, recent understandings of historical linguistics, and historical geography in her exploration of the origin of the anti-Benjamin polemic found in Judges 19-21, the growth and provenance of the book of Judges, and the shape of the Deuteronomistic History. Her study exposes how Judges 19-21 functions as political polemic reflecting not the pre-monarchic period but instead the historical realities of the settlement of Benjamin during the Babylonian and Persian period"...
Beschreibung:Includes bibliographical references and index
Umfang:xiv, 424 Seiten
ISBN:9781628371246
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