Hollow Men, Strange Women

By Robin Baker

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.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9004322663
• ISBN13: 9789004322660
• Release Date: July 2016
• Publisher: Brill
• Length: 376 Pages
• Weight: 1.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.1" x 9.3"