Marriage by Capture in the Book of Judges

Marriage by Capture in the Book of Judges PDF Author: Katherine Southwood
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1107145244
Category : Bibles
Languages : en
Pages : 281

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Book Description
This book explores the concepts of marriage, ethnicity, rape, and power in Judges 21 as means of ethnic preservation and exclusion.

Marriage by Capture in the Book of Judges

Marriage by Capture in the Book of Judges PDF Author: Katherine Southwood
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1107145244
Category : Bibles
Languages : en
Pages : 281

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Book Description
This book explores the concepts of marriage, ethnicity, rape, and power in Judges 21 as means of ethnic preservation and exclusion.

Ethnicity and the Mixed Marriage Crisis in Ezra 9-10

Ethnicity and the Mixed Marriage Crisis in Ezra 9-10 PDF Author: Katherine Southwood
Publisher: Oxford University Press on Demand
ISBN: 0199644349
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 274

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Book Description
Revision of author's thesis (doctoral)--University of Oxford, 2010.

Cultural Anthropology

Cultural Anthropology PDF Author: Stephen A. Grunlan
Publisher: Zondervan Academic
ISBN: 0310535867
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 305

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Book Description
This volume on cultural anthropology presents a Christian perspective for Bible school students of conservative evangelical backgrounds. The hope is that a sympathetic approach to the problems of cultural diversity throughout the world will help young people overcome typical North American cultural biases and bring understanding and appreciation for the diversities of behavior and thought that exist in a culturally heterogeneous world. Grunlan and Mayers take the position of "functional creationism"; and though they discuss some of the problems implied in traditional interpretations of the age of the world and especially of the creation of the human race, they do not attempt to deal with either physical anthropology or the origins of man. They do, however, attempt to deal meaningfully with the problems posed by biblical absolutism and cultural relativism, and their practice. Concluding chapters with a series of thought-provoking questions should prove to be of real help to both the professional and nonprofessional teacher of anthropology.

The Law in the Scriptures

The Law in the Scriptures PDF Author: Edward Joseph White
Publisher: The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd.
ISBN: 1584770767
Category : Bible and law
Languages : en
Pages : 468

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Book Description
White, Edw. J. The Law in Scriptures: With Explanations of the Law Terms and Legal References in Both the Old and the New Testaments. St. Louis: Thomas Law Book Company, 1935. xxiv, 422 pp. Reprinted 2000 by The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd. LCCN 99-059102. ISBN 1-58477-076-7. Cloth. $80. * Takes the books of the Bible in order, each chapter corresponding to a Book. "No lawyer can read this book without having impressed upon him more firmly than ever before the conviction that in a world of changes and turmoil, the fundamental principles of justice have remained unaltered down through the ages...The great mass of scholarly and useful information that has been collected in this work is a credit to its author. Any lawyer will find the book of great assistance in tracing the origin of our law.": Kansas City Law Review 3:94 cited in Marke, A Catalogue of the Law Collection of New York University (1953) 110.

The New Cambridge Companion to Biblical Interpretation

The New Cambridge Companion to Biblical Interpretation PDF Author: Ian Boxall
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1108490921
Category : Bibles
Languages : en
Pages : 411

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Book Description
This volume provides an up-to-date introduction to the diverse ways the Bible is being interpreted by scholars in the field.

Violence in the Hebrew Bible

Violence in the Hebrew Bible PDF Author:
Publisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9004434682
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 450

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Book Description
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.

The Book of Amos and its Audiences

The Book of Amos and its Audiences PDF Author: Andrew R. Davis
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 100925586X
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 191

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Book Description
Many studies of the prophetic books assume that a text's addressee and audience are one and the same. Sometimes this is the case, but some prophetic texts feature multiple addressees who cannot be collapsed into a single setting. In this book Andrew R. Davis examines examples of multiple addressees within the book of Amos and argues that they force us to expand our understanding of prophetic audiences. Drawing insight from studies of poetic address in other disciplines, Davis distinguishes between the addressee within the text and the actual audience outside the text. He combines in-depth poetic analysis with historical inquiry and shows the ways that the prophetic discourse of the book of Amos is triangulated among multiple audiences.

Life, Land, and Elijah in the Book of Kings

Life, Land, and Elijah in the Book of Kings PDF Author: Daniel J. D. Stulac
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1108922074
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 331

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Book Description
In this book, Daniel J. D. Stulac brings a canonical-agrarian approach to the Elijah narratives and demonstrates the rhetorical and theological contribution of these texts to the Book of Kings. This unique perspective yields insights into Elijah's iconographical character (1 Kings 17-19), which is contrasted sharply against the Omride dynasty (1 Kings 20-2 Kings 1). It also serves as a template for Elisha's activities in chapters to follow (2 Kings 2-8). Under circumstances that foreshadow the removal of both monarchy and temple, the book's middle third (1 Kings 17-2 Kings 8) proclaims Yhwh's enduring care for Israel's land and people through various portraits of resurrection, even in a world where Israel's sacred institutions have been stripped away. Elijah emerges as the archetypal ancestor of a royal-prophetic remnant with which the reader is encouraged to identify.

Review of Biblical Literature, 2020

Review of Biblical Literature, 2020 PDF Author: Alicia J. Batten
Publisher: SBL Press
ISBN: 0884144887
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 580

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Book Description
The annual Review of Biblical Literature presents a selection of reviews of the most recent books in biblical studies and related fields, including topical monographs, multi-author volumes, reference works, commentaries, and dictionaries. RBL reviews German, French, Italian, and English books and offers reviews in those languages. Features: Reviews of new books written by top scholars Topical divisions make research easy Indexes of authors and editors, reviewers, and publishers

Male Friendship, Homosociality, and Women in the Hebrew Bible

Male Friendship, Homosociality, and Women in the Hebrew Bible PDF Author: Barbara Thiede
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1000407063
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 188

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Male alliances, partnerships, and friendships are fundamental to the Hebrew Bible. This book offers a detailed and explicit exploration of the ways in which shared sexual use of women and women’s bodies engenders, sustains, and nourishes such relationships in the Hebrew Bible. Hebrew Bible narratives demonstrate that women and women’s bodies are not merely used to foster and cultivate male homosociality, male friendship, and toxic hegemonic masculinity, but rather to engender them and make them possible in the first place. Thiede argues that homosocial bonds between divine and mortal males are part of a continual competition for power, rank, and honor, and that this competition depends on women’s bodies for its expression. In a final chapter, she also explores whether female characters in the Hebrew Bible use male bodies to form friendships and alliances to advance female power, status, and rank. The book concludes by arguing that women are essential to the toxic biblical hegemonic masculinity we find in the Hebrew Bible, but only because their bodies are used to make it possible in the first place. This book is intended for scholars of the Hebrew Bible, as well as advanced undergraduate and graduate students in religious studies, women and gender studies, masculinity studies, queer studies, and like fields. The book can also be read profitably by lay students of biblical literature, seminary students, and clergy.