Mixed feelings and vexed passions : exploring emotions in biblical literature / edited by F. Scott Spencer.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Spencer, F. Scott (Franklin Scott), editor.

Series:

Resources for biblical study ; no. 90.

Resources for Biblical Study ; Number 90

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Bible--Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Bible.

Emotions--Biblical teaching.

Emotions.

Genre:

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Physical Description:

xxi, 394 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Atlanta, GA : SBL Press, [2017]

Summary:

"This ground-breaking collection of essays explores the rich array of emotions in biblical literature displayed by divine and human figures. How do biblical characters' feelings affect their relationship with God, one another, and the world? How do they mix together, for good or ill, for flourishing or vexation? Deeply engaged with both ancient and modern contexts, including the burgeoning interdisciplinary study of emotion in the humanities and sciences, an international team of Hebrew Bible and New Testament scholars offers incisive case studies of passions ranging from joy, happiness, and trust to grief, hate, and disgust"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Getting a feel for the "mixed" and "vexed" study of emotions in biblical literature / F. Scott Spencer

The central role of emotions in biblical theology, biblical ethics, and popular conceptions of the Bible / Matthew Richard Schlimm

A prototype of biblical hate : Joseph's brothers (Genesis 37) / Deena Grant

From fear's narcissism to participatory imagination : disrupting disgust and overcoming the fear of Israel's Ḥērem laws / L. Juliana Claassens

Disgust in body, mind, and language : the case of impurity in the Hebrew Bible / Thomas Kazen

Understanding grief and reading the Bible / David A. Bosworth

Mourning over sin/affliction and the problem of "emotion" as a category in the Hebrew Bible / David A. Lambert

Emotion, repentance, and the question of the "inner life" of biblical Israelites : a case study in Hosea 6:1-3 / Dennis Olson

The pride of Babylon in Isaiah 47 revisited in light of the theory of self-conscious emotions / Antony Dhas Prakasam

God and the "happiness formula" : the ethos and ethics of happiness / Samuel E. Balentine

"Your faith has made you well" (Mark 5:34; 10:52) : emotional dynamics of trustful engagement with Jesus in Mark's gospel / F. Scott Spencer

Not "hardened hearts" but "petrified hearts" (Mark 6:52) : the challenge to assimilate and accommodate the vastness of Jesus in Mark 6:45-52 / Ivar Vegge

Reflexivity and emotion in narratological perspective : reading joy in the Lukan narrative / Michal Beth Dinkler

Why the Johannine Jesus weeps at the tomb of Lazarus / Stephen D. Moore

When enough is never enough : philosophers, poets, Peter, and Paul on insatiable desire / David E. Fredrickson

The missing emotion : the absence of anger and the promotion of nonretaliation in 1 Peter / Katherine M. Hockey

Afterword / David Konstan.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Mixed feelings and vexed passions.

ISBN:

9781628371949

1628371943

9780884142577

0884142574

OCLC:

993623842