Berit Olam: Judges

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Berit Olam: Judges​ - Tammi J. Schneider
The biblical book of Judges contains culturally familiar stories such as that of Samson and Delilah and Deborah and Baraq. But despite the popularity of these stories, other important stories in Judges such as that of Achsah, the raped pilegesh, and the final civil war are virtually unknown to the average reader. Approaching Judges as a unified literary document, Tammi Schneider shows that the unity of the narrative reveals that when the Israelites adhere to the covenant established with their deity they prosper, but when they stray from it disaster follows. This is true not only in the Deuteronomistic refrains, as is recognized by many scholars, but in the whole book, and is reflected in Israel's worsening situation throughout its narrative time. Schneider highlights the unifying themes in Judges. She emphasizes the role of gender, family relations, and theology expressed in the biblical narrative, and uses intertextuality to better understand the text of Judges and its context in the Deuteronomistic history and the Hebrew Bible.

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"I liked the use made of two things. One, the way Ancient Near Eastern scholarship, well defined and up to date, was introduced into the commentary whenever possible. The effect of that was to make the biblical text more vivid and more real. And two, feminist scholarship on Judges was integrated into the work; to the best of my knowledge, this is the first commentary on Judges whose author does not shy away from feminist criticism but, on the contrary, brings it to bear on the biblical text." -Athalya Brenner, University of Amsterdam

". . . offers an interesting, clearly written synthetic reading of the enigmatic book of Judges. Schneider's attention to the nuances of the Hebrew text, bringing the dynamics of the original closer to the English reader, is particularly commendable."
-Marc Z. Brettler, Brandeis University

"Students, clergy, and teachers will find this an informative and easy-to-read commentary that offers new insights on familiar stories."
-Interpretation

". . . may well be the best available literary analysis of the whole book of Judges."
-Hebrew Studies

Tammi J. Schneider is assistant professor in the religion department at Claremont Graduate University, in Claremont, California. She received her B.A. in Hebrew language and literature from the University of Minnesota, and a Ph.D. in ancient history from the University of Pennsylvania. She has excavated at a number of archaeological sites in Israel and is co-director of the excavation of Tel el-Fara' South in Israel. She is project director at the Institute for Antiquity and Christianity in Claremont and area editor for Ancient Near East for Religious Studies Review. Her publications cover topics in Assyriology, ancient Near Eastern history, archaeology, and biblical studies.

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344 pages
Size: 6" x 9"
ISBN: 9780814650503

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