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Informationen zum Autor Kristine Garroway is Professor of Hebrew Bible at the Hebrew Union College- Jewish Institute of Religion, Los Angels, CA. Hyun Chul Paul Kim is Professor of Hebrew Bible in the Williams Chair of Biblical Studies at the Methodist Theological School, OH. John W. Martens is Professor of Theology at St. Mark's College at UBC, Vancouver, Canada, and Director of the Centre for Christian Engagement. Klappentext What did violence against women and children mean for ancient audiences and how do modern audiences hear and process the meaning of violence in the texts of the Hebrew Bible? The rape of Tamar, the sacrifice of Jephthah's daughter, babes ripped from the womb during war-texts such as these are hardly fodder for Sunday School classes; yet we are left with the reality that the Bible is a violent text full of war, murder, genocide, and destruction, often carried out at the behest of God. The essays in this volume explore ways in which the Hebrew Bible uses and abuses women and children to make indelible points concerning the people of Israel, the lived realities of the Israelite society, and God's relationship to His people. Where other works turn to the study of the violence itself, or to the divine nature of violence, this volume focuses in on the human component. As a result, these studies are reminders that women and children born out of trauma are at once vulnerable and valuable, fragile and resilient. Vorwort Highlights the interplay between the violence experienced by women and children in the Hebrew Bible, the legacy of this violence, and the value these groups held in Israelite society and religion. Zusammenfassung What did violence against women and children mean for ancient audiences and how do modern audiences hear and process the meaning of violence in the texts of the Hebrew Bible? The rape of Tamar, the sacrifice of Jephthah’s daughter, babes ripped from the womb during war—texts such as these are hardly fodder for Sunday School classes; yet we are left with the reality that the Bible is a violent text full of war, murder, genocide, and destruction, often carried out at the behest of God. The essays in this volume explore ways in which the Hebrew Bible uses and abuses women and children to make indelible points concerning the people of Israel, the lived realities of the Israelite society, and God’s relationship to His people. Where other works turn to the study of the violence itself, or to the divine nature of violence, this volume focuses in on the human component. As a result, these studies are reminders that women and children born out of trauma are at once vulnerable and valuable, fragile and resilient. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction: The Place of Women, Children, and Violence in the Hebrew Bible Kristine Henriksen Garroway (Hebrew Union College, Israel), Hyun Chul Paul Kim (Methodist Theological School in Ohio, USA), John W. Martens (University of St. Thomas, USA) PART 1 Violence against (Resilient) Children 1. A Resilient Reading of the Young Miriam in Exodus 2 Paba Nidhani De Andrado 2. The Perils of Prophetic Proximity: Violence against Children in the Elisha Narratives M. L. Case PART 2 Women and Children in the Context of War 3. A Whole Burnt Offering to the LORD? Contextualizing Ritual Violence against Women and Children in the Deuteronomistic History and the Punishment of Achan Anthony P. SooHoo 4. Scorched Birth Tactics: The Eighth-Century Prophets and Rhetoric of Violence against Children in War Jason Anthony Riley 5. Sons (and a Daughter) as Scary Semantic Signs: Naming Children in Isaiah 7–8 and Hosea 1 as Acts of Violence Julie Faith Parker PART 3 Texts of Violence and Contemporary Readership 6. The Lost and Found Children of Daughter Zion in Deutero-Isaiah Angela Sawyer 7. “Wife of Promiscuity and Children of Promiscuity”: ...
