Intricacy Design And Cunning In The Book Of Judges

Author : E. T. A. Davidson
Publisher : Xlibris Us
ISBN 13 : 9781425700775
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.72/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Intricacy, Design, and Cunning in the Book of Judges written by E. T. A. Davidson and published by Xlibris Us. This book was released on 2008 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Book of Judges in the Old Testament is a deeply-disturbing anthology of short stories about ambushes, assassinations, murders, dismemberments, spying, deception, underdog trickiness, lawlessness, sexual behavior, gang rapes, and the need for community reform and national leadership. Actually, Judges holds an infinity of meaning and is a great puzzle that has waited for centuries to be solved. Although widely studied by scholars, Judges has never been subjected to professional literary criticism and therefore has never been fully analyzed, understood, or appreciated. Intricacy, Design, and Cunning in the Book of Judges teaches one how penetrate the secrets of this ancient work, decipher its profound messages, and appreciate it as a masterpiece of world literature. Davidson's book is the result of years of thinking and has been written in a thoughtful, easily-understood, but intelligent style that should give pleasure to any reader-layperson and biblical scholar.

Author : Keith Bodner
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 0567700518
Total Pages : 289 pages
Book Rating : 4.13/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Characters and Characterization in the Book of Judges written by Keith Bodner and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2023-12-28 with total page 289 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the Book of Judges, why, if we view Samson as a heroic Übermensch, do we read his story one way, yet if we read him as a buffoonish and violent oaf, we read the story another way? How does our assessment of the characters of a story, our empathy with them or suspicion of them, shape the way we read it? This book addresses these questions by analyzing the complex characterization in the Book of Judges, paying attention to an often neglected but important area of study in the Hebrew Bible. Its international group of contributors explore the implications of characterization on storytelling, situating their contributions within the context of literary studies of the Hebrew Bible, and offering multiple perspectives on the many and various characters one encounters in the Book of Judges. Chapters examine a range of topics, including the relationship between humor, characterization and theology in Judges; the intersection of characterization and ethics through the story of the story of Jephthah's daughter; why the 'trickster hero' Ehud disturbs interpreters; and the ways in which Abimelech's characterization affects the key narrative themes of succession and kingship in his story.

Author : E. John Hamlin
Publisher : Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9780802804327
Total Pages : 200 pages
Book Rating : 4.22/5 ( download)

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Download or read book At Risk in the Promised Land written by E. John Hamlin and published by Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing. This book was released on 1990 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This theological treatment of the Book of Judges is fresh, original, imaginative, scholarly, and relevant. In his commentary E. John Hamlin pays careful attention to the structure and meaning of the text of Judges, and he elucidates the "risk" that Israel faced in the Promised Land -- the risk of living among the "Canaanites," of adopting their ungodly practices and their way of organizing society (the way of death). Hamlin's characterizations of the various liberator judges are particularly thought-provoking. Each chapter concludes with "Perspectives" on the text -- reflections on the ancient context of the Judges accounts, insights from the Asian cultures among which Hamlin has lived and worked, and applications to modern situations.

Author : Deryn Guest
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1108476503
Total Pages : 205 pages
Book Rating : 4.08/5 ( download)

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Download or read book YHWH and Israel in the Book of Judges written by Deryn Guest and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2018-12-06 with total page 205 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reveals Israel's intense relationship with YHWH: a masochistic dance on an epic scale.

Author : Danna Fewell
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0199967733
Total Pages : 688 pages
Book Rating : 4.35/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Oxford Handbook of Biblical Narrative written by Danna Fewell and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2016-06-01 with total page 688 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Comprised of contributions from scholars across the globe, The Oxford Handbook of Biblical Narrative is a state-of-the-art anthology, offering critical treatments of both the Bible's narratives and topics related to the Bible's narrative constructions. The Handbook covers the Bible's narrative literature, from Genesis to Revelation, providing concise overviews of literary-critical scholarship as well as innovative readings of individual narratives informed by a variety of methodological approaches and theoretical frameworks. The volume as a whole combines literary sensitivities with the traditional historical and sociological questions of biblical criticism and puts biblical studies into intentional conversation with other disciplines in the humanities. It reframes biblical literature in a way that highlights its aesthetic characteristics, its ethical and religious appeal, its organic qualities as communal literature, its witness to various forms of social and political negotiation, and its uncanny power to affect readers and hearers across disparate time-frames and global communities.

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Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 9004434682
Total Pages : 450 pages
Book Rating : 4.84/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Violence in the Hebrew Bible written by and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2020-07-27 with total page 450 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Violence in the Hebrew Bible scholars reflect on texts of violence in the Hebrew Bible, as well as their often problematic reception history. Authoritative texts and traditions can be rewritten and adapted to new circumstances and insights. Texts are subject to a process of change. The study of the ways in which these (authoritative) biblical texts are produced and/or received in various socio-historical circumstances discloses a range of theological and ideological perspectives. In reflecting on these issues, the central question is how to allow for a given text’s plurality of possible and realised meanings while also retaining the ability to form critical judgments regarding biblical exegesis. This volume highlight that violence in particular is a fruitful area to explore this tension.

Author : Stephen Wilson
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0190493356
Total Pages : 272 pages
Book Rating : 4.56/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Making Men written by Stephen Wilson and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2015-12-01 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Making Men identifies and elaborates on a theme in the Hebrew Bible that has largely gone unnoticed by scholars-the transition of a male adolescent from boyhood to manhood. Wilson locates five examples of the male coming-of-age theme in the Hebrew Bible. The protagonists of these stories include the well-known biblical heroes Moses, Samuel, David, and Solomon. He also reveals the existence of a narrative theme of failing to mature to manhood, exemplified in the tales of Samson and Gideon's son Jether. Beyond identifying the coming-of-age theme, Wilson describes how the theme is employed by biblical narrators and redactors to highlight broader messages and transitions in the historical narratives of the Hebrew Bible. He additionally considers how these stories provide unique insight into the varying representations of biblical masculinity and how the ideals associated with manhood can change dramatically over time.

Author : Mercedes L. García Bachmann
Publisher : Liturgical Press
ISBN 13 : 081468131X
Total Pages : 319 pages
Book Rating : 4.12/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Judges written by Mercedes L. García Bachmann and published by Liturgical Press. This book was released on 2018-07-02 with total page 319 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A woman called blessed for killing a Canaanite general; another called “Mother in Israel” for leading troops into war; several other mothers absent when their children need them; a judge, Deborah, with a proper name and a recognized place for public counseling; a single woman, Delilah, who seduces and conquers Samson. The book of Judges features an outstanding number of women, named and unnamed, in family roles and also active in society, mostly objects of violent dealings between men. This volume looks not only at women in their traditional roles (daughter, wife, mother) but also at how society at large deals with women (and with men) in war, in strife, and sometimes in peace.

Author : Albert Sui Hung Lee
Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 9004443851
Total Pages : 232 pages
Book Rating : 4.53/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Dialogue on Monarchy in the Gideon-Abimelech Narrative written by Albert Sui Hung Lee and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2021-02-01 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Dialogue on Monarchy in the Gideon-Abimelech Narrative, Albert Sui Hung Lee applies Bakhtin’s dialogism to uncover pro- and anti-monarchical voices in the Gideon–Abimelech narrative and the redactor’s intention of engaging exilic or post-exilic communities in an “unfinalized” dialogue of polity forms.

Author : E. John Hamlin
Publisher : Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1467419524
Total Pages : 200 pages
Book Rating : 4.29/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Judges written by E. John Hamlin and published by Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing. This book was released on 1990-08-07 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This theological treatment of the Book of Judges is fresh, original, imaginative, scholarly, and relevant. In his commentary E. John Hamlin pays careful attention to the structure and meaning of the text of Judges, and he elucidates the "risk" that Israel faced in the Promised Land — the risk of living among the "Canaanites," of adopting their ungodly practices and their way of organizing society (the way of death). Hamlin's characterizations of the various liberator judges are particularly thought-provoking. Each chapter concludes with "Perspectives" on the text — reflections on the ancient context of the Judges accounts, insights from the Asian cultures among which Hamlin has lived and worked, and applications to modern situations.