Writing and reading war: rhetoric, gender, and ethics in biblical and modern contexts
The meaning of war: definitions for the study of war in ancient Israelite literature / Frank Ritchel Ames -- Military valor and kingship: a book-oriented approach to the study of a major war theme / Jacob L. Wright -- Fighting in writing: warfare in histories of ancient Israel / Megan Bishop Moore -...
| Published in: | Symposium series |
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| Contributors: | ; |
| Format: | Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Published: |
Leiden[u.a.]
Brill
2008
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| In: |
Symposium series (42)
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| Reviews: | Brad E. Kelle and Frank Ritchel Ames (eds), Foreword by Susan Niditch, Writing and Reading War: Rhetoric, Gender, and Ethics in Biblical and Modern Contexts (2011) (Rodd, C. S.)
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| Series/Journal: | Society of Biblical Literature, symposium series
42 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Woman
/ Metaphor
/ War
/ Old Testament
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| IxTheo Classification: | HB Old Testament |
| Further subjects: | B
Collection of essays
B War Religious aspects Judaism B Rhetoric Religious aspects Judaism B Bible O.T. Criticism, interpretation, etc B Sex role Biblical teaching B Bible. Old Testament Criticism, interpretation, etc B War Biblical teaching B Conference program B Jewish ethics |
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| Summary: | The meaning of war: definitions for the study of war in ancient Israelite literature / Frank Ritchel Ames -- Military valor and kingship: a book-oriented approach to the study of a major war theme / Jacob L. Wright -- Fighting in writing: warfare in histories of ancient Israel / Megan Bishop Moore -- Assyrian military practices and Deuteronomy's laws of warfare / Michael G. Hasel -- Assyrian siege warfare imagery and the background of a biblical curse / Jeremy D. Smoak -- Wartime rhetoric: prophetic metaphorization of cities as female / Brad E. Kelle -- Family metaphors and social conflict in Hosea / Alice A. Keefe -- "We have seen the enemy, and he is only a 'she'": the portrayal of warriors as women / Claudia D. Bergmann -- Conquest reconfigured: recasting warfare in the redaction of Joshua / L. Daniel Hawk -- "Go back by the way you came": an internal textual critique of Elijah's violence in 1 Kings 18-19 / Frances Flannery -- Shifts in Israelite war ethics and early Jewish historiography of plundering / Brian Kvasnica -- Gideon at Thermopylae? on the militarization of miracle in biblical narrative and "battle maps" / Daniel L. Smith-Christopher |
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| Item Description: | Includes bibliographical references and index. - Published in association with the Society of Biblical Literature |
| ISBN: | 9004137599 |