Judges Through the Centuries

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David M. Gunn

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Wiley Blackwell Bible Commentaries

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This bible commentary traces the reception of Judges through the ages, not only by scholars and theologians, but also by preachers, teachers, politicians, poets, essayists and artists. * A bible commentary focusing on The Book of Judges, best known for the tale of Samson and Delilah, but full of many other rich and colourful stories. * Treats the text story by story, making it accessible to non-specialists, * Considers the stories of women in Judges, including Deborah, Jael, who slew Sisera, and Jephthah's daughter, sacrificed by her father. * Traces the reception of Judges through the ages, not only by scholars and theologians, but also by preachers, teachers, politicians, poets, essayists and artists. * Illustrates how ideology and the social location of readers have shaped the way the book has been read. * Discloses a long history of debate over the roles of women and the use of force, as well as Christian prejudice against Jews and 'Orientals'. * Offers a window onto the use of the Bible in the Western world.

Author Biography:

David M. Gunn holds the A. A. Bradford Chair of Religion at Texas Christian University. His other books include Gender, Power, and Promise: The Subject of the Bible’s First Story (1993) and Narrative in the Hebrew Bible (1993), as co-author, and Reading Bibles, Writing Bodies: Identity and the Book (1996) and “Imagining” Biblical Worlds: Spatial, Social and Historical Constructs (2002), as co-editor. He is also co-author of the article on Judges in the Dictionary of Biblical Interpretation (1999).

Release date NZ

December 16th, 2004

Author

David M. Gunn

Audience

Professional & Vocational

Pages

352

Series

Wiley Blackwell Bible Commentaries

Dimensions

152x229x26

ISBN-13

9780631222521

Product ID

2100601

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