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Hollow Men, Strange Women: Riddles, Codes and Otherness in the Book of Judges

By Robin Baker

Book information

Publisher
Brill Academic Publishers
Year
2016
ISBN
9004322663, 9789004322660
ISSN
0928-0731
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
4 MB (3850195 bytes)
Series
Biblical Interpretation Series 143
Pages
xx+354\377
Topic
Religion
Orientation
yes
Paginated
yes
Scanned
portrait
Time added
2016-08-06 00:52:27
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Description

In Hollow Men, Strange Women, Robin Baker provides a masterly reappraisal of Israel's experience during its Settlement of Canaan as narrated in the Book of Judges. Written under Assyrian suzerainty in the reign of Manasseh, Judges is both a theological commentary on the Settlement and an esoteric work of prophecy. Its apparent historicity subtly encrypts a grim forewarning of Judah's future, and, in its extensive treatment of otherness, Judges explores the meaning of God’s covenant with Israel. Robin Baker's scholarly and perceptive reading draws on a deep understanding of ancient Hebrew and Mesopotamian symbolic codes to interpret the riddles in this many-layered text. The Book of Judges reveals complex literary configurations from which past, present, and future are simultaneously presented.

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