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Worship, women, and war : essays in honor of Susan Niditch / edited by John J. Collins, T. M. Lemos, Saul M. Olyan.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Brown Judaic studies ; 357.
- Brown Judaic Studies ; 357
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Niditch, Susan honoree.
- Niditch, Susan.
- Bible. Old Testament--Criticism, interpretation, etc.
- Bible.
- Gender identity in the Bible.
- Jews--Palestine--Civilization.
- Jews.
- Folklore in the Bible.
- War--Biblical teaching.
- War.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (337 pages).
- Place of Publication:
- Providence, Rhode Island : Brown Judaic Studies, 2015.
- Language Note:
- English
- 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
- Notes:
- Includes index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 1-930675-97-6
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