Worship, Women and War
| Author | : John J. Collins |
| Publisher | : SBL Press |
| Total Pages | : 337 |
| Release | : 2015-10-30 |
| ISBN-10 | : 9781930675971 |
| ISBN-13 | : 1930675976 |
| Rating | : 4/5 (976 Downloads) |
Download or read book Worship, Women and War written by John J. Collins and published by SBL Press. This book was released on 2015-10-30 with total page 337 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Celebrate the career of an inspirational scholar and teacher concerned with revealing voices from the margins This volume of essays honors Susan Niditch, author of War in the Hebrew Bible: A Study in the Ethics of Violence (1993), “My Brother Esau Is a Hairy Man”: Hair and Identity in Ancient Israel (2008), and most recently, The Responsive Self: Personal Religion in Biblical Literature of the Neo-Babylonian and Persian Periods (forthcoming), among other influential publications. Essays touch on topics such as folklore, mythology, and oral history, Israelite religion, ancient Judaism, warfare, violence, and gender. Features: Essays from nineteen scholars, all experts in their fields Exploration of texts from Mesopotamia, the Hebrew Bible, and the New Testament Bibliography of Niditch's scholarly contributions
