Hollow men, strange women: riddles, codes, and otherness in the Book of Judges

Contents -- Preface -- List of Maps and Illustrations -- Abbreviations -- Maps with Gazetteer -- Chapter 1 Introduction: 'A Spoil of Divers Colourson Both Sides' -- Chapter 2 'O Mirror of Our Fickle State': Riddles, Words and Other Instruments of Illusion -- Chapter 3 Not Quite a...

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Main Author: Baker, Robin (Author)
Format: Electronic Book
Language:English
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Published: 2016
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Reviews:[Rezension von: Baker, Robin, Hollow men, strange women] (2019) (Scholz, Susanne, 1963 -)
Series/Journal:Biblical interpretation series volume 143
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Judges
Further subjects:B Electronic books
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Parallel Edition:Print version: Baker, Robin: Hollow Men, Strange Women : Riddles, Codes and Otherness in the Book of Judges. - Leiden : BRILL,c2016. - 9789004322660
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Summary:Contents -- Preface -- List of Maps and Illustrations -- Abbreviations -- Maps with Gazetteer -- Chapter 1 Introduction: 'A Spoil of Divers Colourson Both Sides' -- Chapter 2 'O Mirror of Our Fickle State': Riddles, Words and Other Instruments of Illusion -- Chapter 3 Not Quite at Home: Geography and Otherness -- Chapter 4 'Let Me Feel the Pillars on Which the House Stands': The Role and Symbolism of the Book's Rhetorical Architecture -- Chapter 5 The Tangled Roots of Deborah's Tree: Mesopotamia, Egypt and the Soul of Judges
Chapter 6 'This Broken Jaw of Our Lost Kingdoms': Death and Cosmic Warfare -- Chapter 7 Past as Parable, History as Honey: Judges as Historiography -- Chapter 8 Epilogue: Judges and the Deuteronomist -- Bibliography -- Index of Biblical References -- General Index
Item Description:Erscheint voraussichtlich Juli 2016
ISBN:9004322663