Benjamin The Social World of Deuteronomy

A New Feminist Commentary
Erscheinungsjahr 2015
ISBN: 978-1-4982-2871-8
Verlag: Wipf and Stock Publishers
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 298 Seiten

The book of Deuteronomy is not an orphan. It belongs to a diverse family of legal traditions and cultures in the world of the Bible. The Social World of Deuteronomy: A New Feminist Commentary brings these traditions and cultures to life, and uses them to enrich our understanding and appreciation of Deuteronomy today. Benjamin uses social-scientific criticism to reconstruct the social institutions where Deuteronomy developed, and those that appear in its traditions. He uses feminist criticism to better understand and appreciate how powerful elite males in Deuteronomy view not only the women, mothers, wives, and widows in their households but also their powerless children, liminal people, slaves, prisoners, outsiders, livestock, and nature. Benjamin also uses feminist criticism to describe important aspects of the daily lives of these often overlooked peoples in ancient Israel. How the elite males in Deuteronomy view the women and other members of their households seldom reflects the underlying reality of how these women and others function.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Benjamin, Don C.

Über Autor(innen)

Benjamin, Don C.
Don C. Benjamin teaches biblical and Near Eastern Studies at Arizona State University (Tempe campus). He is also the author of Deuteronomy and City Life and the chapter on Deuteronomy for the forthcoming Jerome Biblical Commentary. He is also editor of the forthcoming Oxford Handbook of Deuteronomy.

Don C. Benjamin teaches biblical and Near Eastern Studies at Arizona State University (Tempe campus). He is also the author of
Deuteronomy and City Life and the chapter on Deuteronomy for the forthcoming
Jerome Biblical Commentary. He is also editor of the forthcoming
Oxford Handbook of Deuteronomy.