Judges 19-21 and Ruth: canon as a voice of answerability
"Previous scholarship hints at the connection between Judges 19-21 and Ruth (as set in dialogue), but there has yet to be a study to articulate this relationship. Through a Bakhtinian-canonical perspective, a comparative analysis of these texts unveils intertextual correlations. Lexical and the...
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| Format: | Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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Leiden Boston
Brill
[2022]
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Biblical interpretation series (volume 200)
Year: 2022 |
| Series/Journal: | Biblical interpretation series
volume 200 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Bible. Judge 19-21
/ Ruth
/ Accountability
/ Violent behavior
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| IxTheo Classification: | HB Old Testament |
| Further subjects: | B
Bible. Ruth
Criticism, interpretation, etc
B Bible Canon B Bible. Judges, XVIV-XX19-XXI Criticism, interpretation, etc B Thesis |
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| Summary: | "Previous scholarship hints at the connection between Judges 19-21 and Ruth (as set in dialogue), but there has yet to be a study to articulate this relationship. Through a Bakhtinian-canonical perspective, a comparative analysis of these texts unveils intertextual correlations. Lexical and thematic connections include shared idioms, contrasting themes of "ban" and "loving-kindness," "covenant-faithfulness", silence and speech, abuse and potential for abuse, gendered violence and feminine agency. This case-study reveals that Ruth, as a text and as a woman, embodies a voice of answerability to the silenced and abused women in Judges 19-21"-- |
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| Item Description: | Includes bibliographical references and index |
| ISBN: | 9004521704 |