Telling Terror in Judges 19

Rape and Reparation for the Levite’s wife

Helen Paynter (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

100 Seiten

2022
Routledge (Verlag)
978-1-032-33706-7 (ISBN)

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Telling Terror in Judges 19 explores the value of performing a ‘reparative reading’ of the terror-filled story of the Levite’s pilegesh (commonly referred to as the Levite’s concubine) in Judges 19, and how such a reparative reading can be brought to bear upon elements of modern rape culture. Historically, the story has been used as a morality tale to warn young women about what constitutes appropriate behaviour. More recently, (mainly male) commentators have tended to write the woman out of the story, by making claims about its purpose and theme which bear no relation to her suffering. In response to this, feminist critics have attempted to write the woman back into the story, generally using the hermeneutics of suspicion. This book begins by surveying some of the traditional commentators, and the three great feminist commentators of the text (Bal, Exum and Trible). It then offers a reparative reading by attending to the pilegesh’s surprising prominence, her moral and marital agency, and her speaking voice. In the final chapter, there is a detailed comparison of the story with elements of modern rape culture.

Helen Paynter is a Baptist minister, Director of the Centre for the Study of Bible and Violence, and tutor at Bristol Baptist College, UK.

Acknowledgements and dedication Introduction Chapter 1: Beli-Fachad in the hands of men Chapter 2: Beli-Fachad in the hands of commentators Chapter 3: Opening up redemptive possibilities Chapter 4: Beli-Fachad as subject and object Chapter 5: Beli-Fachad in her own voice Conclusion Works Consulted Index

Erscheinungsdatum	01.06.2022
Reihe/Serie	Rape Culture, Religion and the Bible
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	138 x 216 mm
Gewicht	122 g
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte
	Religion / Theologie ► Christentum ► Bibelausgaben / Bibelkommentare
	Religion / Theologie ► Christentum ► Kirchengeschichte
ISBN-10	1-032-33706-0 / 1032337060
ISBN-13	978-1-032-33706-7 / 9781032337067
Zustand	Neuware