The Violent Gift

Trauma's Subversion of the Deuteronomistic History's Narrative

By:

David Janzen

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Paperback / softback

Series:

The Library of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament Studies

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The Violent Gift traces the narrative of the exilic author of the Deuteronomistic History, a narrative that provides an explanation for the trauma that the Judean community in Babylon suffered. As the book follows this explanation through the History, however, it also reads Dtr through the lens of trauma theory. Massive psychic trauma is not something that can be captured within narrative explanation, and trauma intrudes into the narrative's explanation of the exiles' trauma. Trauma challenges the claims upon which the narrative's explanation is based, thus subverting this attempt to make sense of the exile. The author argues that we can trace a single, coherent narrative throughout the Deuteronomistic History that is an attempt to explain to its original readers why the exile occurred. The narrative offers two reasons for the exile, and these form the two main themes of Dtr's narrative: the people failed in their covenantal loyalty to God; and their leadership also failed to enforce this loyalty. These themes can be traced consistently through all of the component books of the History.

Author Biography:

David Janzen is Assistant Professor of Religious Studies at North Central College in Illinois, USA.

Release date NZ

January 2nd, 2014

Author

David Janzen

Audiences

Professional & Vocational
Tertiary Education (US: College)

Pages

288

Series

The Library of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament Studies

Dimensions

156x234x15

ISBN-13

9780567323354

Product ID

21502769

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