The Old Testament as Controlled Substance: How Insights from Trauma Studies Reveal Healing Capacities in Potentially Harmful Texts
The essay discusses how biblical interpreters employ the concept of trauma reflected in the Old Testament and theories of symbolic representation that can help foster recovery from trauma. The book of Jeremiah, as a test case, demonstrates the healing capacity of the metaphor of suffering as divine...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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2015
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| In: |
Interpretation
Year: 2015, Volume: 69, Issue: 1, Pages: 20-34 |
| Further subjects: | B
divine punishment
B Jeremiah B Healing B Suffering B Book of B Trauma |
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| Parallel Edition: | Electronic
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| Summary: | The essay discusses how biblical interpreters employ the concept of trauma reflected in the Old Testament and theories of symbolic representation that can help foster recovery from trauma. The book of Jeremiah, as a test case, demonstrates the healing capacity of the metaphor of suffering as divine punishment. |
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| ISSN: | 2159-340X |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Interpretation
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1177/0020964314552624 |