The Enemy Is Within: A Jungian Psychoanalytic Approach to the Book of Judith

Erscheinungsjahr 2004
ISBN: 978-0-391-04214-8
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, Band 67, 442 Seiten, Format (B × H): 166 mm x 248 mm, Gewicht: 1157 g

Reihe: Biblical Interpretation Series

Efthimiadis-Keith addresses questions of the historicity of the book of Judith using a more subjective definition of truth than simple fact or fiction: she interprets the text through Jungian methodology as a dream of the unconscious psyche of the Jewish people, true in its reflection of their collective identity at the time of the text’s composition. The author merges Terrence Dawson’s literary theory concerning the discernment of the effective protagonist of a narrative with Jungian’s method of dream interpretation to analyze the text subjectively from the effective protagonist’s point of view. The author then extrapolates the book’s contents onto a hypothetical historical situation to contextualize the book within the Jewish identity, and uses her findings to conduct objective analysis.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Efthimiades-Keith, Helen

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Jüdische Studien Jüdische Studien Heilige & Traditionstexte: Torah, Talmud, Mischna, Halacha
• Geisteswissenschaften Sprachwissenschaft Einzelne Sprachen & Sprachfamilien
• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literaturen sonstiger Sprachräume Literatur des Nahen Ostens & Nordafrikas
• Geisteswissenschaften Christentum, Christliche Theologie Bibelwissenschaften Altes Testament: Exegese, Geschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literaturpsychologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Psychologie Psychologie / Allgemeines & Theorie Psychologische Theorie, Psychoanalyse Psychoanalyse (S. Freud)

Über Autor(innen)

Helen Efthimiadis-Keith, D.Phil. (2001) in Old Testament, University of Port Elizabeth, is Senior Lecturer at the University of the North in South Africa. Her publications focus mainly women-friendly interpretations of biblical texts and include groundbreaking work on the book of Judith and the Psalms (Old Testament Essays 12:1, 33-56).