Sex, wives, and warriors : reading Old Testament narrative with its ancient audience

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In Sex, Wives, and Warriors, our understanding of Old Testament narrative is expanded though Phillip Francis Esler's application of an intercultural reading of the texts, focusing on the question: ""What would ancient readers have understood from these stories?"" This approa...

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Main Author: Esler, Philip Francis (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, U.K. : James Clarke & Co, 2012.
Subjects:
Bible. > Old Testament > Social scientific criticism.
Bible. > Genesis > Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Bible. > Samuel > Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Bible. > Judith > Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Bible. > Genesis.
Bible. > Judith.
Bible. > Old Testament.
Bible. > Samuel.
Bible.
Narration in the Bible.
RELIGION > Biblical Studies > Old Testament.
RELIGION > Judaism > Sacred Writings.
RELIGION > Christianity > General.
Social scientific criticism of sacred works.
Electronic books.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Online Access:Connect to this title online (unlimited users allowed)
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Summary:In Sex, Wives, and Warriors, our understanding of Old Testament narrative is expanded though Phillip Francis Esler's application of an intercultural reading of the texts, focusing on the question: ""What would ancient readers have understood from these stories?"" This approach reveals previously undiscovered levels of meaning in the Old Testament which readers all too often fail to place in its original cultural and historical context. Esler draws on a wide range of disciplines, and in particular brings the techniques and insights of the social sciences to bear in his analysis.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xi, 383 pages)
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 361-383).
ISBN:9780227901281
0227901282

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