A Child Is Being Eaten: Maternal Cannibalism and the Hebrew Bible in the Company of Fairy Tales

The Hebrew Bible contains multiple texts in which mothers eat their children. Deuteronomy 28, Lam 2 and 4, and 2 Kgs 6 all offer variations on the theme of maternal cannibalism. While these passages are often written off as gruesome, exceptional, or motivated by extreme necessity (such as starvation...

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Main Author: Graybill, Rhiannon 1984- (Author)
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Language:English
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Published: Scholar's Press 2022
In: Journal of Biblical literature
Year: 2022, Volume: 141, Issue: 2, Pages: 235-255
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Bible. Deuteronomium 28 / Bible. Klagelieder 2 / Bible. Klagelieder 4 / Bible. Könige 2. 6 / Cannibalism / Mother / Child / Folktale
IxTheo Classification:HB Old Testament
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