At the 2006 annual meeting of the Society of Biblical Literature,
the Prophetic Texts in their Ancient Contexts section devoted a
session to the theme "The Aesthetics of Violence." Participants
were invited to explore multiple dimensions of prophetic texts and
their violent rhetoric. The results were rich-- engaging discussion
of violent images in ancient Near Eastern art and in modern film,
as well as advancing our understanding of the poetic skill required
for invoking terror through words. This volume collects those
essays as well as others especially commissioned for its creation.
As a collection, they address questions that are at once ancient
and distressingly-modern: What do violent images do to us? Do they
encourage violent behavior and/or provide an alternative to actual
violence? How do depictions of violence define boundaries between
and within communities? What readers can and should readers make of
the disturbing rhetoric of violent prophets? Contributors include
Corrine Carvahlo, Cynthia Chapman, Chris Franke, Bob Haak, Mary
Mills, Julia O'Brien, Kathleen O'Connor, Carolyn Sharp, Yvonne
Sherwood, and Daniel Smith-Christopher.
General
| Imprint: |
T. & T. Clark
|
| Country of origin: |
United Kingdom |
| Series: |
The Library of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament Studies |
| Release date: |
June 2010 |
| First published: |
June 2010 |
| Editors: |
Julia M O'Brien
• Chris Franke
|
| Dimensions: |
245 x 163 x 21mm (L x W x T) |
| Format: |
Hardcover
|
| Pages: |
208 |
| ISBN-13: |
978-0-567-54811-5 |
| Languages: |
English
|
| Subtitles: |
English
|
| Categories: |
Books
|
| LSN: |
0-567-54811-2 |
| Barcode: |
9780567548115 |
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