Dismembering the Whole: Composition and Purpose of Judges 19-21 (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781628371246)

The Book of Judges ends with a bizarre narrative of sex and violence that starts with a domestic tiff and ends with the decimation of a tribe that is restored by means of abduction and rape. Cynthia Edenburg applies a fresh literary analysis, recent understandings of historical linguistics, and historical geography in her exploration of the origin of the anti-Benjamin polemic found in Judges 19-21, the growth and provenance of the book of Judges, and the shape of the Deuteronomistic History. Her study exposes how Judges 19-21 functions as political polemic reflecting not the pre-monarchic period but instead the historical realities of the settlement of Benjamin during the Babylonian and Persian period.

Author: Cynthia Edenburg
ISBN-10: 1628371242
ISBN-13: 9781628371246
Publisher: SBL Press
Language: English
Published: 04/15/2016
Pages: 440
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.41lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.98d