Silencing the Land: Joshua as a Military Ritualist
In Joshua’s opening military salvo at Jericho (6:8–21), he institutes a strange, oft-overlooked act of communal speechlessness. This absence of speech can be understood as itself a kind of ritual speech. As this paper will argue, Joshua can kill things with and without words. When seen against a bac...
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| Tipo de documento: | Recurso Electrónico Artigo |
| Idioma: | Inglês |
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Brill
2023
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Biblical interpretation
Ano: 2023, Volume: 31, Número: 2, Páginas: 158-178 |
| (Cadeias de) Palavra- chave padrão: | B
Bibel. Josua 6
/ Guerra
/ Ritual
/ Discurso
/ Silêncio
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| Classificações IxTheo: | HB Antigo Testamento |
| Outras palavras-chave: | B
Silence
B Ritual B War B Speech B Joshua |
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| Resumo: | In Joshua’s opening military salvo at Jericho (6:8–21), he institutes a strange, oft-overlooked act of communal speechlessness. This absence of speech can be understood as itself a kind of ritual speech. As this paper will argue, Joshua can kill things with and without words. When seen against a backdrop of Near Eastern magic and divine warfare, Joshua emerges as a powerful ritualist, someone who weaponizes speech and speechlessness in service of military victory. As with Joshua’s adjuration in the Aijalon battle (10:12–14) and his curse over Jericho (6:26), his wordless march around the city can be understood as a ritual act with the performative force of cessation. The silencing of the land is both his ritual objective and the ultimate goal of conquest (11:23). |
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| ISSN: | 1568-5152 |
| Obras secundárias: | Enthalten in: Biblical interpretation
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1163/15685152-20221678 |