Judges Through the Centuries by Gunn, David M.

Judges Through the Centuries (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780631222514)

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Judges Through the Centuries by Gunn, David M.

Judges Through the Centuries

$176.95
Judges Through the Centuries by Gunn, David M.

Judges Through the Centuries

$176.95
Format: Hardcover
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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: David M. Gunn
ISBN-10: 0631222510
ISBN-13: 9780631222514
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
Language: English
Published: 01/28/2005
Pages: 344
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.36lbs
Size: 9.16h x 6.54w x 1.21d
By David M. Gunn
By David M. Gunn
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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).

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