Violence and personhood in ancient Israel and comparative contexts
In this compelling work, T. M. Lemos explores the close relationship that existed in ancient Israel between violence and personhood. Lemos argues that physical violence was paramount to the construction of a specific type of personhood in this society.
| Summary: | In this compelling work, T. M. Lemos explores the close relationship that existed in ancient Israel between violence and personhood. Lemos argues that physical violence was paramount to the construction of a specific type of personhood in this society. Cover -- Violence and Personhood in Ancient Israel and Comparative Contexts -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Acknowledgments -- Table of Contents -- Abbreviations -- 1: Dogs beneath the Tables of Men: Violence and Personhood in Ancient Israel and Comparative Contexts -- DEFINING "PERSONHOOD" -- APPROACHING THE STUDY OF VIOLENCE -- EXAMINATIONS OF PERSONHOOD IN ANCIENT ISRAEL AND THE ANCIENT NEAR EAST -- METHODS AND ORGANIZATION OF THE BOOK -- 2: Crushing the Insubmissive: Violence and the Personhood of Foreigners in Ancient Israel and the Ancient Near East -- INTRODUCTION -- FOREIGNERS AS PERSONS IN ISRAELITE AND ANCIENT WEST ASIAN SOURCES -- ANIMALIZING LANGUAGE IN BIBLICAL AND ANCIENT NEAR EASTERN TEXTS -- ANIMALIZING VIOLENCE IN BIBLICAL AND ANCIENT NEAR EASTERN SOURCES -- ḤĒREM AND CONCEPTIONS OF PERSONHOOD -- CONCLUSIONS -- 3: "But He Indeed Will Rule Over You": Violence and the Personhood of Women in Ancient Israel -- Introduction -- Evidence for the Personhood of Israelite Women -- Were Israelite Women Consi dered Property? -- How to Define the Concept of Property -- Women and Property in Biblical Sources -- Violence and Women's Subordination in Ancient Israel -- Animalizing Violence against Women in Israelite Texts -- The Personhood of Women and Biblical Portrayals of Collective Punishment -- Conclusions -- Excursus I: Evidence from Burials and the Personhood of Israelite Women -- Excursus II: 1 Kings 1 and Widow In heritance -- 4: For He Is Your Property: Violence and the Personhood of Slaves in Ancient Israel -- INTRODUCTION -- SLAVERY AS A CROSS-CULTURAL PHENOMENON -- VARIETIES AND INCIDENCES OF SLAVERY IN ANCIENT ISRAEL -- WERE SLAVES "CREATED EQUAL"? THE BIBLICAL CONCERN FOR SLAVES -- VIOLENCE AGAINST SLAVES IN BIBLICAL SOURCES -- SEXUAL EXPLOITATION OF FEMALE SLAVES -- WERE ANCIENT ISRAELITE SLAVES PERSONS?. |
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| ISBN: | 0191087432 |