Judges 19-21 and the "othering" of Benjamin: a golah polemic against the autochthonous inhabitants of the land?
This book takes a fresh look at the brutal story of the war between the sons of Israel and the sons of Benjamin in Judges 19-21. Relying on archaeological and survey data largely overlooked by biblical scholars, Krisel engages critically with the predominant scholarly view that Judges 19-21 uses &qu...
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| Format: | Electronic Book |
| Language: | English |
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Boston
BRILL
2021
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| In: | Year: 2021 |
| Reviews: | [Rezension von: Krisel, William, 1954-, Judges 19-21 and the "othering" of Benjamin : a golah polemic against the autochthonous inhabitants of the land?] (2023) (Schulz, Sarah, 1982 -)
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| Series/Journal: | Oudtestamentische Studiën, Old Testament Studies
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| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Benjamin, Biblical person
/ Bible. Judge 19-21
/ Journalistic editing
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| IxTheo Classification: | HB Old Testament |
| Further subjects: | B
Electronic books
B Thesis |
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| Summary: | This book takes a fresh look at the brutal story of the war between the sons of Israel and the sons of Benjamin in Judges 19-21. Relying on archaeological and survey data largely overlooked by biblical scholars, Krisel engages critically with the predominant scholarly view that Judges 19-21 uses "irony" to cast the explicit heroes in the narrative, the sons of Israel, as the implicit villains. Intro -- Contents -- Abbreviations -- Introduction Judges 19-21 and the "Othering" of Benjamin: A Golah Polemic against the Autochthonous Inhabitants of the Land? -- Part 1 Text -- Chapter 1 Text Critical Problems in Judges 19-21 -- 1 Principal Differences between BHS and BHQ Judges 19-21 -- 1.1 Agreements between BHS and BHQ Judges -- 1.2 Principal Disagreements between BHS and BHQ Preferred Readings -- 1.3 New Text Critical Changes Proposed by BHQ -- 2 New Methodological Approach of BHQ to Textual Criticism -- 3 Determining the "Preferred" Text of Judges 19-21 -- 4 Chapter Summary -- Chapter 2 Judges 19-21 in Canonical Context -- 1 Judges 19-21 in the Broad Canonical Context of Judges 13-1 Samuel 7 -- 1.1 Lexical Parallelism in MT Judges 13-16 and 1 Samuel 1-7 -- 1.2 Absence of Lexical Parallelism in LXX Judges 13-16 and 1 Samuel 1-7 -- 1.3 Conclusions -- 2 Literary Relationship between Judges 17-18 and Judges 19-21 -- 2.1 Lexical Parallelism in MT Judges 17-18 and Judges 19-21 -- 2.2 Lexical Parallelism in LXX Judges 17-18 and Judges 19-21 -- 2.3 Conclusions -- 3 Literary Relationship between Judges 19-21 and 1 Samuel 1-7 -- 4 Literary Associations between Judges 19-21 and Ruth -- 5 Chapter Summary -- Chapter 3 Literary Structure of Judges 19-21 -- 1 Status Quæstionis Concerning the Literary Structure of Judges 19-21 -- 2 Structural Indicia of Caesuras in Judges 19-21 -- 2.1 Importance of Collective Persons as Protagonists in the Narrative -- 2.2 Absence of Direct Dialog in Certain Parts of the Narrative -- 2.3 Importance of Topographical References in the Narrative Intrigue -- 2.4 Use of a "3+1 Day" Pattern -- 2.5 Use of Temporal Markers and Disjunctive Phrases -- 2.6 Conclusions -- 3 Proposed Literary Structure for Judges 19-21 -- 3.1 Judges 19:1b-4 -- 3.2 Judges 19:5-21 -- 3.3 Judges 19:22-29 -- 3.4 Judges 19:30-20:13 -- 3.5 Judges 20:14-46. |
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| ISBN: | 9004499350 |