Why Jephthah's Daughter Weeps

A Child-Oriented Interpretation
Erscheinungsjahr 2022
ISBN: 978-90-04-50816-3
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, Band 199, 226 Seiten, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 528 g

Reihe: Biblical Interpretation Series

Why does Jephthah’s daughter weep? Readers have creatively imagined the causes of her tears as she weeps upon her betulim—usually translated virginity or maidenhood. But her menstrual cycle’s relation to these terms is rarely mentioned. A child-oriented theoretical and methodological foundation and research with post-menarcheal girls provide new answers to oft-raised questions about Bat-Yiphtach’s weeping and her agency. Through an in-depth philological review and a focus on the “excluded middle” of the child-adult binary, this translation and interpretation of the story contribute to the field of childhood studies and shows that menarche and menstruation play a larger role in the narrative than readers have realized.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Murray Talbot, Margaret

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Christentum, Christliche Theologie Bibelwissenschaften Bibelwissenschaften: Sachbuch, Erbauung, Didaktik
• Geisteswissenschaften Christentum, Christliche Theologie Praktische Theologie Religionspädagogik, Christlicher Katechismus
• Geisteswissenschaften Christentum, Christliche Theologie Bibelwissenschaften Altes Testament: Exegese, Geschichte

Über Autor(innen)

Margaret Murray Talbot, Ph.D. (2020), as principal and founder of CPQeditorial, provides freelance editing support to academic writers in a variety of disciplines and is adjunct instructor in the Certificate in Jewish-Christian Relationship program at Austin Presbyterian Theological Seminary.