Warfare, ritual, and symbol in biblical and modern contexts

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Otros Autores: Ames, Frank Ritchel (Editor), Kelle, Brad E., 1973- (Editor), Wright, Jacob L. (Editor)
Formato: Libro
Lenguaje:inglés
Publicado: Atlanta : Society of Biblical Literature, [2014]
Colección:Ancient Israel and its literature ; number 18
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  • Introduction
  • Social determination of rituals and symbols
  • Theorizing circumstantially dependent rites in and out of war contexts
  • Monumental inscriptions and the ritual representation of war
  • Ritual and symbols of escalation, preparation, and aggression
  • Joshua's encounter with the commandes of Yhwh's army(josh 5:13-15):Literary construction or reflection of a royal ritual?
  • "A sword for Yhwh and for Gideon!": The representation of war in Judges 7:16-22
  • The red-stained warrior in acntient Israel
  • "Will strike you down and cut off your head" (1 Sam 17:46): Trash talking, derogatory rhetoric, and psychological warfare in ancient Israel
  • "Some trust in horses": Horses as simbols of power in rhetoric and reality
  • War rituals in the Old Testament: Prophets, king, and the ritual preparation for war
  • Ritual and symbols of perpetuation, de-escalation, and commemoration
  • Warfare song a warrior ritual
  • A messy business: Ritual violence after the war
  • Postwar rotuals of return and reintegration
  • Does Yhwh det his hans dirty?reading Isaiah 63:1-6 in light of depictions of divine postbattle porification
  • Response
  • Forging a twenty-first-century approach to the study od israelite warfare.