ISBN:
9780191087431
Language:
English
Pages:
1 online resource (240 pages)
Additional Information:
Rezensiert in Jacobs, Sandra [Rezension von: T. M. Lemos, Violence and personhood in ancient Israel and comparative contexts] 2020
Additional Information:
Rezensiert in Huff, Charles Hughes [Rezension von: T. M. Lemos, Violence and personhood in ancient Israel and comparative contexts] 2020
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Rezensiert in Zsolnay, Ilona [Rezension von: T. M. Lemos, Violence and personhood in ancient Israel and comparative contexts] 2020
Additional Information:
Rezensiert in Seibert, Eric A., 1969 - [Rezension von: T. M. Lemos, Violence and personhood in ancient Israel and comparative contexts] 2019
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Rezensiert in Smith-Christopher, Daniel L., 1955 - [Rezension von: T. M. Lemos, Violence and personhood in ancient Israel and comparative contexts] 2019
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Lemos, T. M. Violence and personhood in ancient Israel and comparative contexts
DDC:
303.60933
Keywords:
Jews--History--To 70 A.D
;
Electronic books
;
Israel
;
Männlichkeit
;
Gewalt
;
Geschichte
Abstract:
In this compelling work, T. M. Lemos explores the close relationship that existed in ancient Israel between violence and personhood. Lemos argues that physical violence was paramount to the construction of a specific type of personhood in this society.
Abstract:
Cover -- Violence and Personhood in Ancient Israel and Comparative Contexts -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Acknowledgments -- Table of Contents -- Abbreviations -- 1: Dogs beneath the Tables of Men: Violence and Personhood in Ancient Israel and Comparative Contexts -- DEFINING "PERSONHOOD" -- APPROACHING THE STUDY OF VIOLENCE -- EXAMINATIONS OF PERSONHOOD IN ANCIENT ISRAEL AND THE ANCIENT NEAR EAST -- METHODS AND ORGANIZATION OF THE BOOK -- 2: Crushing the Insubmissive: Violence and the Personhood of Foreigners in Ancient Israel and the Ancient Near East -- INTRODUCTION -- FOREIGNERS AS PERSONS IN ISRAELITE AND ANCIENT WEST ASIAN SOURCES -- ANIMALIZING LANGUAGE IN BIBLICAL AND ANCIENT NEAR EASTERN TEXTS -- ANIMALIZING VIOLENCE IN BIBLICAL AND ANCIENT NEAR EASTERN SOURCES -- ḤĒREM AND CONCEPTIONS OF PERSONHOOD -- CONCLUSIONS -- 3: "But He Indeed Will Rule Over You": Violence and the Personhood of Women in Ancient Israel -- Introduction -- Evidence for the Personhood of Israelite Women -- Were Israelite Women Consi dered Property? -- How to Define the Concept of Property -- Women and Property in Biblical Sources -- Violence and Women's Subordination in Ancient Israel -- Animalizing Violence against Women in Israelite Texts -- The Personhood of Women and Biblical Portrayals of Collective Punishment -- Conclusions -- Excursus I: Evidence from Burials and the Personhood of Israelite Women -- Excursus II: 1 Kings 1 and Widow In heritance -- 4: For He Is Your Property: Violence and the Personhood of Slaves in Ancient Israel -- INTRODUCTION -- SLAVERY AS A CROSS-CULTURAL PHENOMENON -- VARIETIES AND INCIDENCES OF SLAVERY IN ANCIENT ISRAEL -- WERE SLAVES "CREATED EQUAL"? THE BIBLICAL CONCERN FOR SLAVES -- VIOLENCE AGAINST SLAVES IN BIBLICAL SOURCES -- SEXUAL EXPLOITATION OF FEMALE SLAVES -- WERE ANCIENT ISRAELITE SLAVES PERSONS?.
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