A Reading of Ehud and Jael through the Lens 
of Affect Theory


This paper uses affect theory as a tool to interpret the violent images of two stories found in Judges 3–5, those of Ehud and Eglon and that of Jael and Sisera. Affect theory affords biblical exegetes a means to examine the role of the reader’s embodiment as a tool for textual interpretation. I use...

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Main Author: Cottrill, Amy C. (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Brill 2014
In: Biblical interpretation
Year: 2014, Volume: 22, Issue: 4/5, Pages: 430-449
Further subjects:B affect theory
 violence
 body
 emotion
 Jael
 Ehud

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