| Description |
1 online resource (xvi, 320 pages) |
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Brown Judaic studies ; number 357 |
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Brown Judaic studies ; no. 357.
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| Contents |
I. Folklore, mythology and oral history. The passing of warrior poetry in the era of prosaic heroes ; The fugitive hero narrative pattern in Mesopotamia ; Ending a performance: the tenants in Luke 20:9-19 and Gospel of Thomas 65 ; A story about some stories ; The Gospel of Mark: baptism and Passover initiation ; Orality and writing in the creation of Exilic prophetic literature -- II. Israelite religion and ancient Judaism. Massebot standing for Yhwh: the fall of Yhwistic cult symbol ; "The righteous mind" and Judean moral culture: a conversation between biblical studies and moral psychology ; Ritual inversion in biblical representations of puntitive rites -- III. Warfare and violence. Moral injury and the interdisciplinary study of biblical war texts: the case of King Saul ; Collateral duties: military objectives and civilian protections in Deuteronomy ; The agonistic imagination: the ethics of war in Deuteronomy ; Rahab's valor and the Gibeonites' cowardice -- IV. Gender. The women of the Bible and of ancient Near Eastern myth: the case of the Levite's [pileges] ; Were Israelite women chattel? Shedding new light on an old question ; Crossings, transgressions, and movement in the Jephthah cycle ; Ruth's beginnings: a study in contradictions ; Building power: gender, identity, and conspicuous consumption in Fin de Siècle Tang China ; Rufina refined: a woman archisynagogos from Smyrna, yet again |
| Summary |
Celebrate the career of an inspirational scholar and teacher concerned with revealing voices from the margins This volume of essays honors Susan Niditch, author of War in the Hebrew Bible: A Study in the Ethics of Violence (1993), "My Brother Esau Is a Hairy Man": Hair and Identity in Ancient Israel (2008), and most recently, The Responsive Self: Personal Religion in Biblical Literature of the Neo-Babylonian and Persian Periods (forthcoming), among other influential publications. Essays touch on topics such as folklore, mythology, and oral history, Israelite religion, ancient Judaism, warfare, violence, and gender. Features: Essays from nineteen scholars, all experts in their fields Exploration of texts from Mesopotamia, the Hebrew Bible, and the New Testament Bibliography of Niditch's scholarly contributions |
| Bibliography |
Selected publications of Susan Niditch (pages xiii-xvi) |
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Includes bibliographical references and indexes |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed December 28, 2015) |
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Niditch, Susan 1950- gnd |
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Bible. Old Testament -- Criticism, interpretation, etc
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Bible. Old Testament fast |
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Bibel Altes Testament gnd |
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Folklore in the Bible.
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War -- Biblical teaching
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Gender identity in the Bible.
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Women in the Bible.
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Jews -- Palestine -- Civilization
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RELIGION -- Biblical Studies -- Old Testament.
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RELIGION -- Judaism -- Sacred Writings.
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Folklore in the Bible
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Gender identity in the Bible
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Jews -- Civilization
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War -- Biblical teaching
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Women in the Bible
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Exegese
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Religion
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Middle East -- Palestine
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Israel Altertum
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| Genre/Form |
Festschriften
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Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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Festschriften.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Niditch, Susan, honouree
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Collins, John J. (John Joseph), 1946- editor.
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Olyan, Saul M., editor.
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Lemos, T. M. (Tracy Maria), editor.
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| ISBN |
9781930675971 |
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1930675976 |
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