Dismembering the Whole: Composition and Purpose of Judges 19-21

by Cynthia Edenburg

Book Overview

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,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1628371242
• ISBN13: 9781628371246
• Release Date: April 2016
• Publisher: SBL Press
• Length: 440 Pages
• Weight: 1.41 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.0" x 9.0"