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Beschreibung
What did violence against women and children mean for ancient audiences and how do modern audiences hear and process the meaning of violence in the texts of the Hebrew Bible? The rape of Tamar, the sacrifice of Jephthah's daughter, babes ripped from the womb during war-texts such as these are hardly fodder for Sunday School classes; yet we are left with the reality that the Bible is a violent text full of war, murder, genocide, and destruction, often carried out at the behest of God.

The essays in this volume explore ways in which the Hebrew Bible uses and abuses women and children to make indelible points concerning the people of Israel, the lived realities of the Israelite society, and God's relationship to His people. Where other works turn to the study of the violence itself, or to the divine nature of violence, this volume focuses in on the human component. As a result, these studies are reminders that women and children born out of trauma are at once vulnerable and valuable, fragile and resilient.
What did violence against women and children mean for ancient audiences and how do modern audiences hear and process the meaning of violence in the texts of the Hebrew Bible? The rape of Tamar, the sacrifice of Jephthah's daughter, babes ripped from the womb during war-texts such as these are hardly fodder for Sunday School classes; yet we are left with the reality that the Bible is a violent text full of war, murder, genocide, and destruction, often carried out at the behest of God.

The essays in this volume explore ways in which the Hebrew Bible uses and abuses women and children to make indelible points concerning the people of Israel, the lived realities of the Israelite society, and God's relationship to His people. Where other works turn to the study of the violence itself, or to the divine nature of violence, this volume focuses in on the human component. As a result, these studies are reminders that women and children born out of trauma are at once vulnerable and valuable, fragile and resilient.
Über den Autor

Kristine Henriksen Garroway is Visiting Professor of Hebrew Bible at Hebrew Union College, Israel.

Hyun Chul Paul Kim
is Professor of Hebrew Bible at Methodist Theological School in Ohio, USA.

John W. Martens is Professor of Theology at St. Mark's College at UBC, Vancouver, Canada, and Director of the Centre for Christian Engagement.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgements
List of Abbreviations
Contributor Bios
1. Introduction: The Place of Women, Children, and Violence in the Hebrew Bible, Kristine Henriksen Garroway, Hyun Chul Paul Kim, John W. Martens

PART 1
Violence against (Resilient) Children
2. A Resilient Reading of the Young Miriam in Exodus 2, Paba Nidhani De Andrado
3. The Perils of Prophetic Proximity: Violence against Children in the Elisha Narratives, M. L. Case

PART 2
Women and Children in the Context of War
4. A Whole Burnt Offering to the LORD? Contextualizing Ritual Violence against Women and Children in the Deuteronomistic History and the Punishment of
Achan, Anthony P. SooHoo, SJ
5. Scorched Birth Tactics: The Eighth-Century Prophets and Rhetoric of Violence against Children in War, Jason A. Riley
6. Sons (and a Daughter) as Scary Semantic Signs: Naming Children in Isaiah 7-8 and Hosea 1 as Acts of Violence, Julie Faith Parker

PART 3
Texts of Violence and Contemporary Readership
7. The Lost and Found Children of Daughter Zion in Deutero-Isaiah, Angela Sawyer
8. "Wife of Promiscuity and Children of Promiscuity": The Legitimation and Normalization of Sexual Violence and Illegitimacy Disability through Hosea's Marriage Metaphor!, Alice Yafeh-Deigh
9. Performing Grief for the "Ungrievable": A Re-reading of Ezekiel 16 with The Statue of Peace, Jina Kang

Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2026
Fachbereich: Allgemeines
Genre: Importe, Religion & Theologie
Rubrik: Geisteswissenschaften
Thema: Lexika
Medium: Taschenbuch
Reihe: The Library of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament Studies
ISBN-13: 9780567704726
ISBN-10: 0567704726
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Redaktion: Garroway, Kristine Henriksen
Kim, Hyun Chul Paul
Martens, John W.
Hersteller: T&T Clark
The Library of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament Studies
Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de
Maße: 234 x 156 x 12 mm
Von/Mit: Kristine Henriksen Garroway (u. a.)
Erscheinungsdatum: 30.04.2026
Gewicht: 0,33 kg
Artikel-ID: 135245523