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Ritual Violence in the Hebrew Bible - New Perspectives (Hardcover)
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Ritual Violence in the Hebrew Bible - New Perspectives (Hardcover)
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Although the relationship of the Hebrew Bible and violence has been
of interest to scholars in recent years, ritual violence in its
various manifestations has been underexplored, as have the
theoretical dimensions of ritual violence. This volume is intended
to bring into relief the full range of violent rites represented in
the Hebrew Bible, many rarely, if ever, considered. It seeks to
explore what acts of ritual violence might accomplish
socio-politically in their particular settings and the ways in
which engagement with theory from a variety of disciplines can
contribute to our understanding of ritual violence as a phenomenon.
The volume consists of an introduction and eight essays. Topics
include cognitive perspectives on iconoclasm, the instrumental
dimensions of ritual violence against corpses, the ritual killing
of cities ("urbicide"), royal rites of military loyalty, the ends
accomplished by political violence in David's story, comparison of
the Rwanda genocide and material dimensions of the biblical herem,
the exchange of women among men and its violent dimensions, and the
ritual assault on cities. Authors include Debra Scoggins
Ballentine, T. M. Lemos, Mark Leuchter, Nathaniel B. Levtow, Susan
Niditch, Saul M. Olyan, Rudiger Schmitt, and Jacob L. Wright.
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