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Sex, wives, and warriors : reading Old Testament narrative with its ancient audience / Philip F. Esler.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Cambridge : James Clarke, 2012.Description: xi, 408 p. ; 23 cmISBN:
  • 9780227679913 (pbk.)
  • 0227679911 (pbk.)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 221.6 23
  • 221.6 23
LOC classification:
  • BS1171.2 .E85 2011
Contents:
Reading Old Testament narrative -- The original context of Old Testament narrative -- Part 1. Wives. Judah and Tamar (Genesis 38) -- Hannah, Penninah and Elkanah (1 Samuel 1-2) -- Part 2. Warriors. The madness of Saul, a warrior-king (1 Samuel 8-31) -- David and Goliath (1 Samuel 17:1-18:5) -- David, banditry and kingship (1 Samuel 19:1-2 Samuel 5:5) -- "By the hand of a woman" : Judith the female warrior -- Part 3. Sex. David, Bathsheba and the Ammonite war (2 Samuel 10-12) -- Dishonor avenged : Amnon, Tamar and Absalom (2 Samuel 13).
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Originally published: Eugene, Or.: Cascade, 2011.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 361-383) and indexes.

Reading Old Testament narrative -- The original context of Old Testament narrative -- Part 1. Wives. Judah and Tamar (Genesis 38) -- Hannah, Penninah and Elkanah (1 Samuel 1-2) -- Part 2. Warriors. The madness of Saul, a warrior-king (1 Samuel 8-31) -- David and Goliath (1 Samuel 17:1-18:5) -- David, banditry and kingship (1 Samuel 19:1-2 Samuel 5:5) -- "By the hand of a woman" : Judith the female warrior -- Part 3. Sex. David, Bathsheba and the Ammonite war (2 Samuel 10-12) -- Dishonor avenged : Amnon, Tamar and Absalom (2 Samuel 13).

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