Gendered Violence in Biblical Narrative: The Devouring Metaphor

By Esther Brownsmith

This book uses three examples of violent biblical stories about women, explored through the lens of conceptual metaphor theory in relation to culinary language used within these texts, to examine wider issues of gender and sexual violence in the Hebrew Bible.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1032192984
• ISBN13: 9781032192987
• Release Date: September 2025
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 194 Pages
• Weight: 0.64 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.1" x 9.2"