Bible through the lens of trauma / edited by Elizabeth Boase and Christopher G. Frechette.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Boase, Elizabeth, 1963- editor.

Frechette, Christopher G., editor.

Series:

Semeia studies ; no. 86.

Semeia studies ; number 86

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Psychic trauma--Biblical teaching.

Psychic trauma.

Bible. Old Testament--Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Bible.

Bible. Old Testament.

Biblical teaching.

Physical Description:

viii, 260 pages ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Atlanta, GA : SBL Press, [2016]

Summary:

"In recent years there has been a surge of interest in trauma, trauma theory, and its application to the biblical text. This collection of essays explores the usefulness of using trauma theory as a lens through which to read the biblical texts. Each of the essays explores the concept of how trauma might be defined and applied in biblical studies. Using a range of different but intersection theories of trauma, the essays reflect on the value of trauma studies for offering new insights into the biblical text. Including contributions from biblical scholars, as well as systematic and pastoral theologians, this book provides a timely critical reflection on this emerging discussion"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Defining "trauma" as a useful lens for biblical interpretation / Christopher G. Frechette and Elizabeth Boase

1. Between individual and collective dimensions of trauma. No words: the Book of Ezekiel as trauma literature and a response to exile / Ruth Poser

Fragmented voices: collective identity and traumatization in Lamentations / Elizabeth Boase

Daughter Babylon raped and bereaved (Isaiah 47): symbolic violence and meaning-making in recovery from trauma / Christopher G. Frechette

Shared pleasure to soothe the broken spirit: collective trauma and Qoheleth / Philip Browning Helsel

2. New insights into old questions. Fragments of traumatic memory: ṣalmê zākār and child sacrifice in Ezekiel 16:15-22 / Margaret S. Odell

Reflections on the prose sermons in the Book of Jeremiah: Duhm's and Mowinckel's contributions to contemporary trauma readings / Louis Stulman

3. Survival, recovery, and resilience in and through the text: ancient and contemporary contexts. Trauma, psalmic disclosure, and authentic happiness / Brent A. Strawn

Legislating divine trauma / Samuel E. Balentine

Trauma and recovery: a new hermeneutical framework for the rape of Tamar (2 Samuel 13) / L. Juliana M. Claassens

Reading biblical texts through the lens of resilience / Robert J. Schreiter

Between text and trauma: reading Job with people living with HIV / Gerald O. West

Toward a pastoral reading of 2 Corinthians as a memoir of PTSD and healing / Peter Yuichi Clark.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Bible through the lens of trauma.

ISBN:

9781628371451

1628371455

9780884141730

088414173X

OCLC:

945950396

Publisher Number:

40026657597