Marriage By Capture in the Book of Judges - An Anthropological Approach

Informationen zum Autor Katherine E. Southwood is University Lecturer in Old Testament and Fellow and Tutor in Theology and Religion at St John's College, Oxford. Her research focuses on and promotes interdisciplinary approaches to the Hebrew Bible through engagement with social anthropology to understand Israelite marriage practices and the impact of forced and return migrations on Israelite identity. She is the author of Ethnicity and the Mixed Marriage Crisis in Ezra 9-10: An Anthropological Approach (2012). Klappentext In this book, Katherine E. Southwood offers a new approach to interpreting Judges 21. Breaking away from traditional interpretations of kingship, feminism, or comparisons with Greek or Roman mythology, she explores the concepts of marriage, ethnicity, rape, and power as means of ethnic preservation and exclusion. She also exposes the many reasons why marriage by capture occurred during the post-exilic period. Judges 21 served as a warning against compromise - submission to superficial unity between the Israelites and the Benjaminites. Any such unity would result in drastic changes in the character, culture, and values of the ethnic group 'Israel'. The chapter encouraged post-exilic audiences to socially construct those categorised as 'Benjaminites' as foreigners who do not belong within the group, thereby silencing doubts about the merits of unity. Zusammenfassung This book examines the assertion of ethnicity through forced marriage to resist compromise and preserve the character! culture! and values of an ethnic group. It is a key resource for academics! students! and anyone interested in biblical studies! theology! religious studies! and social anthropology. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Methods, considerations, and recent approaches to Judges 21; 2. Contextualised outline of the causes for and consequences of marriage by capture; 3. Virginity, marriage, and rape in the Hebrew bible; 4. Judges 21 as an example of marriage by capture in the Hebrew bible; 5. Marriage by capture within an ethnic narrative: Judges 21 as a social critique of superficial unity in the Persian period; 6. Conclusions....

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• Authors: Katherine Southwood, Katherine (University of Oxford) Southwood, Katherine E Southwood, Katherine E. Southwood, Katherine E. (University of Oxford) Southwood
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 24.03.2017
• EAN: 9781107145245
• ISBN: 978-1-107-14524-5
• No. of pages: 280
• Series: Society for Old Testament Stud; Society for Old Testament Study Monographs; Society for Old Testament Stud; Society for Old Testament Study Monographs
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Christianity; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Religion: general, reference works; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology of Religion, RELIGION / Christianity / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, Social & cultural anthropology, ethnography, Christianity, Social and cultural anthropology, Criticism and exegesis of sacred texts, Biblical Commentaries, Old Testaments