Hollow men, strange women : riddles, codes, and otherness in the Book of Judges /
Baker, Robin (Professor of Old Testament)
Hollow men, strange women : riddles, codes, and otherness in the Book of Judges / by Robin Baker. - 1 online resource (xx, 354 pages) - Biblical interpretation series ; v. 143 . - Biblical Interpretation Series 143. Biblical Studies, Ancient Near East and Early Christianity E-Books Online, Collection 2016, ISBN: 9789004303812. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Preliminary Material -- 1 Introduction: ‘A Spoil of Divers Colours on Both Sides’ -- 2 ‘O Mirror of Our Fickle State’: Riddles, Words and Other Instruments of Illusion -- 3 Not Quite at Home: Geography and Otherness -- 4 ‘Let Me Feel the Pillars on Which the House Stands’: The Role and Symbolism of the Book’s Rhetorical Architecture -- 5 The Tangled Roots of Deborah’s Tree: Mesopotamia, Egypt and the Soul of Judges -- 6 ‘This Broken Jaw of Our Lost Kingdoms’: Death and Cosmic Warfare -- 7 Past as Parable, History as Honey: Judges as Historiography -- 8 Epilogue: Judges and the Deuteronomist -- Bibliography -- Index of Biblical References -- General Index.
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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.
9789004322677
10.1163/9789004322677 DOI
2016020776
Bible.--Judges--Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Bible.--Judges.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
BS1305.52 / .B35 2016
222/.3206
Hollow men, strange women : riddles, codes, and otherness in the Book of Judges / by Robin Baker. - 1 online resource (xx, 354 pages) - Biblical interpretation series ; v. 143 . - Biblical Interpretation Series 143. Biblical Studies, Ancient Near East and Early Christianity E-Books Online, Collection 2016, ISBN: 9789004303812. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Preliminary Material -- 1 Introduction: ‘A Spoil of Divers Colours on Both Sides’ -- 2 ‘O Mirror of Our Fickle State’: Riddles, Words and Other Instruments of Illusion -- 3 Not Quite at Home: Geography and Otherness -- 4 ‘Let Me Feel the Pillars on Which the House Stands’: The Role and Symbolism of the Book’s Rhetorical Architecture -- 5 The Tangled Roots of Deborah’s Tree: Mesopotamia, Egypt and the Soul of Judges -- 6 ‘This Broken Jaw of Our Lost Kingdoms’: Death and Cosmic Warfare -- 7 Past as Parable, History as Honey: Judges as Historiography -- 8 Epilogue: Judges and the Deuteronomist -- Bibliography -- Index of Biblical References -- General Index.
Available to subscribing member institutions only.
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.
9789004322677
10.1163/9789004322677 DOI
2016020776
Bible.--Judges--Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Bible.--Judges.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
BS1305.52 / .B35 2016
222/.3206