Mute and Mutilated: Understanding Judges 19-21 as a mshl of Dialogue


Mute and Mutilated Understanding Judges 19-21 as a משל of Dialogue


Judges 19-21 has been a source of conflict in scholarly debate in regards to genre identification. This study explores possible genre identification with the Hebrew term, משל. With the assistance of Mikhail Bakhtin’s work with dialogism, this study uncovers theological and political nuances in close...

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Subtitles:The Futures of Biblical Studies
Main Author: Matheny, Jennifer M. (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: 2017
In: Biblical interpretation
Year: 2017, Volume: 25, Issue: 4/5, Pages: 625-646
IxTheo Classification:HB Old Testament
Further subjects:B Judges משל (“proverb, parable”) genre Mikhail Bakhtin: סף (“threshold”), המאכלת (“the knife”)

B Bible. Judge 19-21
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Summary:Judges 19-21 has been a source of conflict in scholarly debate in regards to genre identification. This study explores possible genre identification with the Hebrew term, משל. With the assistance of Mikhail Bakhtin’s work with dialogism, this study uncovers theological and political nuances in close readings of the text, especially with the Hebrew terms סף (“threshold”) and המאכלת (“the knife”). The book of Judges is a book in which Israel struggles for identity, for becoming, for futures. But this story provokes notions of a future founded on rape and dismemberment. What kind of future can be propped up by this past?

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ISSN:1568-5152
Contains:Enthalten in: Biblical interpretation
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1163/15685152-02545P10