Judges 19-21 and Ruth

Jennifer Matheny

ISBN 10: 9004521704 / ISBN 13: 9789004521704

Published by Koninklijke Brill BV Aug 2022, 2022

Neuware - 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. Seller Inventory # 9789004521704

Synopsis:

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 חרם (“ban”) andחסד (“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

About the Author: Jennifer M. Matheny, PhD (2021), University of Kent (Canterbury, UK), is Assistant Professor of Old Testament at Nazarene Theological Seminary (Kansas City, MO).

Bibliographic Details

Title: Judges 19-21 and Ruth
Publisher: Koninklijke Brill BV Aug 2022
Publication Date: 2022
Binding: Buch
Condition: Neu