Buch, Englisch, Band 143, 354 Seiten, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 236 mm, Gewicht: 658 g
Riddles, Codes and Otherness in the Book of Judges
Buch, Englisch, Band 143, 354 Seiten, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 236 mm, Gewicht: 658 g
Reihe: Biblical Interpretation Series
ISBN: 978-90-04-32266-0
Verlag: Brill
In Hollow Men, Strange Women, Robin Baker provides a masterly reappraisal of Israel's experience during its Settlement of Canaan as narrated in the Book of Judges. Written under Assyrian suzerainty in the reign of Manasseh, Judges is both a theological commentary on the Settlement and an esoteric work of prophecy. Its apparent historicity subtly encrypts a grim forewarning of Judah's future, and, in its extensive treatment of otherness, Judges explores the meaning of God’s covenant with Israel.
Robin Baker's scholarly and perceptive reading draws on a deep understanding of ancient Hebrew and Mesopotamian symbolic codes to interpret the riddles in this many-layered text. The Book of Judges reveals complex literary configurations from which past, present, and future are simultaneously presented.
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Table of Contents
PREFACE
1. INTRODUCTION: ‘A SPOIL OF DIVERS COLOURS ON BOTH SIDES’
2. ‘O MIRROR OF OUR FICKLE STATE’: RIDDLES, WORDS AND OTHER INSTRUMENTS OF ILLUSION
3. NOT QUITE AT HOME: GEOGRAPHY AND OTHERNESS
4. ‘LET ME FEEL THE PILLARS ON WHICH THE HOUSE STANDS’: THE ROLE AND SYMBOLISM OF THE BOOK’S RHETORICAL ARCHITECTURE
5. THE TANGLED ROOTS OF DEBORAH’S TREE: MESOPOTAMIA, EGYPT AND THE SOUL OF JUDGES
6. ‘THIS BROKEN JAW OF OUR LOST KINGDOMS’: DEATH AND COSMIC WARFARE
7. PAST AS PARABLE, HISTORY AS HONEY: JUDGES AS HISTORIOGRAPHY
8. EPILOGUE: JUDGES AND THE DEUTERONOMIST
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General Index
Index of Biblical References
