Hollow Men, Strange Women: Riddles, Codes and Otherness in the Book of Judges - Couverture rigide

Baker, Robin

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 9004322663 ISBN 13 : 9789004322660

Editeur : Brill, 2016

Synopsis

In Hollow Men, Strange Women, Robin Baker provides a masterly reappraisal of Israel's experience during its Settlement of Canaan as narrated in the Book of Judges. Written under Assyrian suzerainty in the reign of Manasseh, Judges is both a theological commentary on the Settlement and an esoteric work of prophecy. Its apparent historicity subtly encrypts a grim forewarning of Judah's future, and, in its extensive treatment of otherness, Judges explores the meaning of God's covenant with Israel.

Robin Baker's scholarly and perceptive reading draws on a deep understanding of ancient Hebrew and Mesopotamian symbolic codes to interpret the riddles in this many-layered text. The Book of Judges reveals complex literary configurations from which past, present, and future are simultaneously presented.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Robin Baker is Professor of Old Testament and Ancient Near Eastern Studies at the University of Winchester and a Fellow of University College London.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Brill
• Date d'édition: 2016
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 9004322663
• ISBN 13: 9789004322660
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 376
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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