| The Completion of Judges: Strategies of Ending in Judges 17-21 Contributor(s): Beldman, David J. H. (Author) |
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ISBN: 1575064960 ISBN-13: 9781575064963 Publisher: Eisenbrauns OUR PRICE: $42.52 Product Type: Hardcover Published: May 2017 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Religion | Biblical Studies - Old Testament - General |
| Dewey: 222.320 |
| LCCN: 2017012585 |
| Series: Siphrut |
| Physical Information: 0.7" H x 6.3" W x 9.2" (0.90 lbs) 176 pages |
| Themes: - Religious Orientation - Christian |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The last five chapters of the book of Judges (chs. 17-21) contain some shocking and bizarre stories, and precisely how these stories relate to the rest of the book is a major question in scholarship on the book. Leveraging work from literary studies and hermeneutics, Beldman reexamines Judges 17-21 with the aim of discerning the "strategies of ending" that are at work in these chapters. The author identifies and describes a number of strategies of ending in Judges 17-21, including the strategy of completion, the strategy of circularity, and the strategy of entrapment. The temporal configuration of Judges and especially the nonlinear chronology that chapters 17-21 expose also receive due attention. All of this offers fresh insights into the place and function of Judges 17-21 in the context of the whole book. |