Dismembering the Whole: Composition and Purpose of Judges 19-21
(Book #24 in the Ancient Israel and Its Literature Series)
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The Book of Judges ends with a bizarre narrative of sex and violence that starts with a domestic tiff and ends with the decimation of a tribe that is restored by means of abduction and rape. Cynthia Edenburg applies a fresh literary analysis, recent understandings of historical linguistics, and historical geography in her exploration of the origin of the anti-Benjamin polemic found in Judges 19-21, the growth and provenance of the book of Judges, and the shape of the Deuteronomistic History. Her study exposes how Judges 19-21 functions as political polemic reflecting not the pre-monarchic period but instead the historical realities of the settlement of Benjamin during the Babylonian and Persian period.
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:1628371242
ISBN13:9781628371246
Release Date:April 2016
Publisher:SBL Press
Length:440 Pages
Weight:1.41 lbs.
Dimensions:1.0" x 6.0" x 9.0"
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