Sex, wives, and warriors : reading Old Testament narrative with its ancient audience /

In Sex, Wives, and Warriors, our understanding of Old Testament narrative is expanded though Phillip Francis Esler's application of an intercultural reading of the texts, focusing on the question: ""What would ancient readers have understood from these stories?"" This approa...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Esler, Philip Francis (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Cambridge, U.K. : James Clarke & Co, 2012.
Subjects:
Bible. > Old Testament > Social scientific criticism.
Bible. > Genesis > Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Bible. > Samuel > Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Bible. > Judith > Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Bible. > Genesis
Bible. > Judith
Bible. > Old Testament
Bible. > Samuel
Narration in the Bible.
Narration dans la Bible.
RELIGION > Biblical Studies > Old Testament.
RELIGION > Judaism > Sacred Writings.
RELIGION > Christianity > General.
Social scientific criticism of sacred works
Narration in the Bible
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Reading Old Testament Narrative
  • The Original Context of Old Testament Narrative
  • Part 1: Wives
  • Judah and Tamar (Genesis 38
  • Hannah, Peninnah, and Elkanah (1 Samuel 1-21)
  • Part 2: Warriors
  • The Madness of Saul, a Warrior-King (1 Samuel 8-31
  • David and Goliath (1 Samuel 17:1-18:5)
  • David, Banditry, and Kingship (1 Samuel 19:1-2 Samuel 5:5)
  • "By the Hand of a Woman": Judith the Female Warrior
  • Part 3: Sex
  • David, Bathsheba, and the Ammonite War (2 Samuel 10-12)
  • Dishonor Avenged: Amnon, Tamar, and Absalom (2 Samuel 13)
  • Epilogue.

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