Violence and Personhood in Ancient Israel and Comparative Contexts

AvT. M. Lemos

Inbunden, Engelska, 2017

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Beskrivning

Violence and Personhood in Ancient Israel and Comparative Contexts is the first book-length work on personhood in ancient Israel. T. M. Lemos reveals widespread intersections between violence and personhood in both this society and the wider region. Relations of domination and subordination were incredibly important to the culture and social organization of ancient Israel often resulting in these relations becoming determined by the boundaries of personhood itself. Personhood was malleable--it could be and was violently erased in many social contexts. This study exposes a violence-personhood-masculinity nexus in which domination allowed those in control to animalize and brutalize the bodies of subordinates. Lemos argues that in particular social contexts in the contemporary "western" world, this same nexus operates, holding devastating consequences for particular social groups.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2017-10-05
Mått:154 x 225 x 18 mm
Vikt:404 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:240
Förlag:OUP OXFORD
ISBN:9780198784531

Utforska kategorier

Biblar inom Filosofi och religion
Våld och övergrepp inom Samhälle och politik
Religion: allmänt inom Filosofi och religion

Mer om författaren

T. M. Lemos is Associate Professor of Hebrew Bible at Huron University College, University of Western Ontario. She received her A. B. in Judaic Studies from Brown University and her Ph.D. with distinction from Yale University in Religious Studies. Her publications include Marriage Gifts and Social Change in Ancient Palestine: 1200 BCE to 200 CE (Cambridge University Press, 2010).

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[a] very timely and revealing study ... This monograph is carefully researched and meticulously documented. I was consistently impressed by the degree of nuance Lemos exercises throughout the study ... this book is a welcome addition to the growing collection of studies on various aspects of violence in the Hebrew Bible. It deserves a careful reading and will certainly become an important part of future conversations that reflect on the nature of personhood in Israelite thought and the determinative role violence played in that regard.

Innehållsförteckning

Abbreviations 1: Dogs beneath the Tables of Men: Violence and Personhood in Ancient Israel and Comparative Contexts 2: Crushing the Insubmissive: Violence and the Personhood of Foreigners in Ancient Israel and the Ancient Near East 3: 'But He Indeed Will Rule Over You': Violence and the Personhood of Women in Ancient Israel 4: For He Is Your Property: Violence and the Personhood of Slaves in Ancient Israel 5: Visiting the Iniquity of the Father on the Son: Violence and the Personhood of Children in Ancient Israel 6: Of Dogs and Men: Violence and Personhood in Ancient Israel and in Contemporary Contexts Bibliography