Marriage by capture in the Book of Judges: an anthropological approach

In this book, Katherine E. Southwood offers a new approach to interpreting Judges 21. Breaking away from traditional interpretations of kingship, feminism, or comparisons with Greek or Roman mythology, she explores the concepts of marriage, ethnicity, rape, and power as means of ethnic preservation...

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Autore principale: Southwood, Katherine (Autore)
Tipo di documento: Elettronico Libro
Lingua:Inglese
Servizio "Subito": Ordinare ora.
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Pubblicazione: New York Cambridge University Press 2017.
In:Anno: 2017
Periodico/Rivista:Society for Old Testament Study monographs series
Notazioni IxTheo:HB Antico Testamento
Altre parole chiave:B Marriage in the Bible
B Forced Marriage
B Marriage ; Biblical teaching
B Bible. Judges Criticism, interpretation, etc
B Bible
B Abduction
B Bible ; Judges ; Criticism, interpretation, etc
B Marriage Biblical teaching
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Edizione parallela:Erscheint auch als: 9781107145245
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Riepilogo:In this book, Katherine E. Southwood offers a new approach to interpreting Judges 21. Breaking away from traditional interpretations of kingship, feminism, or comparisons with Greek or Roman mythology, she explores the concepts of marriage, ethnicity, rape, and power as means of ethnic preservation and exclusion. She also exposes the many reasons why marriage by capture occurred during the post-exilic period. Judges 21 served as a warning against compromise - submission to superficial unity between the Israelites and the Benjaminites. Any such unity would result in drastic changes in the character, culture, and values of the ethnic group 'Israel'. The chapter encouraged post-exilic audiences to socially construct those categorised as 'Benjaminites' as foreigners who do not belong within the group, thereby silencing doubts about the merits of unity.
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ISBN:1316535525
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1017/9781316535523