Dismembering the whole : composition and purpose of Judges 19-21 / Cynthia Edenburg.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Edenburg, Cynthia, author.

Series:

Ancient Israel and its literature ; no. 24.

Ancient Israel and its literature ; number 24

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Bible. Judges, XIX-XXI--Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Bible.

Physical Description:

xiv, 424 pages ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Atlanta : SBL Press, [2016]

Summary:

"The Book of Judges ends with a bizarre narrative of sex and violence that starts with a domestic tiff and ends with the decimation of a tribe that is restored by means of abduction and rape. Cynthia Edenburg applies a fresh literary analysis, recent understandings of historical linguistics, and historical geography in her exploration of the origin of the anti-Benjamin polemic found in Judges 19-21, the growth and provenance of the book of Judges, and the shape of the Deuteronomistic History. Her study exposes how Judges 19-21 functions as political polemic reflecting not the pre-monarchic period but instead the historical realities of the settlement of Benjamin during the Babylonian and Persian period"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

1. Textual artifact and literary stratification in Judges 19-21

2. Virtual space and real geography

3. Language and style: diachronic and synchronic aspects

4. Text, subtext, and intertextual Mosaic

5. Context and purpose of the story of the outrage at Gibeah.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 335-376) and indexes.

Other Format:

Online version: Edenburg, Cynthia, author. Dismembering the whole.

ISBN:

9781628371246

1628371242

9781628371260

1628371269

OCLC:

932116162