Esler, Philip Francis. <br/><br/>
Sex, wives, and warriors :  reading Old Testament narrative with its ancient audience / 
Philip F. Esler. 
 - Cambridge, U.K. :  James Clarke,  2012, ©2011. 
 - 1 online resource (xi, 383 pages) 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (pages 361-383). 
<br/><br/>Front cover; Title page; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; 1. Reading Old Testament Narrative; 2. The Original Context of Old Testament Narrative; Part 1: Wives; 3. Judah and Tamar (Genesis 38); 4. Hannah, Peninnah, and Elkanah (1 Samuel 1-21); Part 2: Warriors; 5. The Madness of Saul, a Warrior-King (1 Samuel 8-31); 6. David and Goliath (1 Samuel 17:1-18:5); 7. David, Banditry, and Kingship (1 Samuel 19:1-2 Samuel 5:5); 8. "By the Hand of a Woman": Judith the Female Warrior; Part 3: Sex; 9. David, Bathsheba, and the Ammonite War (2 Samuel 10-12). 10. Dishonor Avenged: Amnon, Tamar, and Absalom (2 Samuel 13)Epilogue; Bibliography; Back cover. 
<br/><br/> In Sex, Wives, and Warriors, our understanding of Old Testament narrative is expanded though Phillip Francis Esler's application of an intercultural reading of the texts, focusing on the question: ""What would ancient readers have understood from these stories?"" This approach reveals previously undiscovered levels of meaning in the Old Testament which readers all too often fail to place in its original cultural and historical context. Esler draws on a wide range of disciplines, and in particular brings the techniques and insights of the social sciences to bear in his analysis. Not only is this. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780227901281 0227901282 
<br/><br/><label>Source: </label>22573/ctt1cg7q95  JSTOR 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Uniform Titles: </label><br/>Bible.--Old Testament--Social scientific criticism.<br/>Bible.--Genesis--Criticism, interpretation, etc.<br/>Bible.--Samuel--Criticism, interpretation, etc.<br/>Bible.--Judith--Criticism, interpretation, etc.<br/>Bible.--Old Testament--Social scientific criticism--Criticism, interpretation, etc.--Criticism, interpretation, etc.--Criticism, interpretation, etc.<br/>Bible.--Genesis--Social scientific criticism--Criticism, interpretation, etc.--Criticism, interpretation, etc.--Criticism, interpretation, etc.<br/>Bible.--Samuel--Social scientific criticism--Criticism, interpretation, etc.--Criticism, interpretation, etc.--Criticism, interpretation, etc.<br/>Bible.--Old Testament. Apocrypha.--Judith--Social scientific criticism--Criticism, interpretation, etc.--Criticism, interpretation, etc.--Criticism, interpretation, etc.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Narration in the Bible.<br/>RELIGION--Biblical Studies--Old Testament.<br/>RELIGION--Judaism--Sacred Writings.<br/>RELIGION--Christianity--General.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Electronic books.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>BS1171.2  / .E85 2012eb 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>221.6