TY - BOOK AU - Esler,Philip Francis TI - Sex, wives, and warriors: reading Old Testament narrative with its ancient audience SN - 9780227679913 (pbk.) AV - BS1171.2 .E85 2011 U1 - 221.6 23 PY - 2012/// CY - Cambridge PB - James Clarke KW - Bible KW - O.T KW - Social scientific criticism KW - Genesis KW - Criticism, interpretation, etc KW - Samuel, 1st KW - Samuel, 2nd KW - Apocrypha KW - Judith KW - Narration in the Bible N1 - 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) ER -