Power and Politics in the Book of Judges
Men and Women of Valor
Power and Politics in the Book of Judges studies political culture and behavior in premonarchic Israel, focusing on the protagonists in the book of Judges. Although the sixth-century BCE Deuteronomistic editor portrayed them as moral champions and called them judges, the original bardic storytellers and the men and women of valor themselves were preoccupied with the problem of gaining and maintaining political power. John C. Yoder considers the variety of strategies the men and women of valor used to gain and consolidate their power, including the use of violence, the redistribution of patronage, and the control of the labor and reproductive…
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- ISBN: 978-1-4514-9662-8
- EAN: 9781451496628
- Produktnummer: 20435657
- Verlag: Fortress Press
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2015
- Seitenangabe: 288 S.
- Plattform: EPUB
- Masse: 2'365 KB
- Sonstiges: Ab 18 - 22 J.
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