The Aesthetics of Violence in the Prophets (Library of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament Studies)

by JuliaM.O'Brien (Author), Chris Franke (Author)

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  Hardcover
  2010

  $225.35

  At the 2006 annual meeting of the Society of Biblical Literature, the Prophetic Texts in their Ancient Contexts section devoted a session to the theme 'The Aesthetics of Violence'. Participants were invited to explore multiple dimensions of prophetic texts and their violent rhetoric. This volume collects those essays.