Writing and reading war rhetoric, gender, and ethics in biblical and modern contexts / edited by Brad E. Kelle and Frank Ritchel Ames ; foreword by Susan Niditch.
| Other author | Kelle, Brad E., 1973- |
| Other author | Ames, Frank Ritchel. |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | Atlanta : Society of Biblical Literature, |
| Description | xii, 265 p. : ill. ; 23 cm. |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete |
| Subjects |
| Series | Society of Biblical Literature symposium series ; no. 42 Symposium series (Society of Biblical Literature) no. 42. ^A585285 |
| Contents | The meaning of war : definitions for the study of war in ancient Israelite literature / Frank Ritchel Ames -- Military valor and kingship : a book-oriented approach to the study of a major war theme / Jacob L. Wright -- Fighting in writing : warfare in histories of ancient Israel / Megan Bishop Moore -- Assyrian military practices and Deuteronomy's laws of warfare / Michael G. Hasel -- Assyrian siege warfare imagery and the background of a biblical curse / Jeremy D. Smoak -- Wartime rhetoric : prophetic metaphorization of cities as female / Brad E. Kelle -- Family metaphors and social conflict in Hosea / Alice A. Keefe -- "We have seen the enemy, and he is only a 'she'" : the portrayal of warriors as women / Claudia D. Bergmann -- Conquest reconfigured : recasting warfare in the redaction of Joshua / L. Daniel Hawk -- "Go back by the way you came" : an internal textual critique of Elijah's violence in 1 Kings 18-19 / Frances Flannery -- Shifts in Israelite war ethics and early Jewish historiography of plundering / Brian Kvasnica -- Gideon at Thermopylae? : on the militarization of miracle in biblical narrative and "battle maps" / Daniel L. Smith-Christopher. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (p. 213-240) and indexes. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2008038978 |
| ISBN | 9781589833548 (paper binding : alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 1589833546 (paper binding : alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 9781589833982 (electronic library copy) |
| ISBN | 1589833988 (electronic library copy) |
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