Song of Deborah as Polemic
Focusing on its rhetorical structure, this article argues that the Song of Deborah in Judg 5 may have been composed not so much primarily to celebrate a victory, but to serve as a polemic against Israelite non-participation in military campaigns against foreign enemies. Possible implications of such...
| Published in: | Biblica |
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Peeters
2007
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Biblica
Year: 2007, Volume: 88, Issue: 1, Pages: 1-22 |
| Further subjects: | B
Polemic
B Enemies B Rhetoric B Song of Deborah B Judges 5 B military campaigns |
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| Summary: | Focusing on its rhetorical structure, this article argues that the Song of Deborah in Judg 5 may have been composed not so much primarily to celebrate a victory, but to serve as a polemic against Israelite non-participation in military campaigns against foreign enemies. Possible implications of such a reading on the song’s relationship with the prose account in Judg 4 and its date of composition are also explored. |
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| ISSN: | 2385-2062 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Biblica
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