04593cam a2200685Ma 4500 ocn844251604 OCoLC 20200709060158.0 m d cr cn||||||||| 120516r20122011enk ob 000 0 eng d E7B eng pn E7B OCLCO OCLCA DKDLA N$T CDX COO OCLCA EBLCP HEBIS YDXCP OCLCQ JSTOR OCLCQ 820785619 884647927 903053328 961604664 962611555 9780227901281 (electronic bk.) 0227901282 (electronic bk.) 9780227679913 (OCoLC)844251604 (OCoLC)820785619 (OCoLC)884647927 (OCoLC)903053328 (OCoLC)961604664 (OCoLC)962611555 22573/ctt1cg7q95 JSTOR BS1171.2 .E85 2012eb REL 006210 bisacsh REL 040040 bisacsh REL070000 bisacsh REL000000 bisacsh REL006100 bisacsh 221.6 23 MAIN Esler, Philip Francis. 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) text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references (pages 361-383). 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. 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. Master record variable field(s) change: 630 Bible. Old Testament Social scientific criticism. Bible. Genesis Criticism, interpretation, etc. Bible. Samuel Criticism, interpretation, etc. Bible. Judith Criticism, interpretation, etc. Bible. Old Testament Social scientific criticism Criticism, interpretation, etc. Criticism, interpretation, etc. Criticism, interpretation, etc. Bible. Genesis Social scientific criticism Criticism, interpretation, etc. Criticism, interpretation, etc. Criticism, interpretation, etc. Bible. Samuel Social scientific criticism Criticism, interpretation, etc. Criticism, interpretation, etc. Criticism, interpretation, etc. Bible. Old Testament. Apocrypha. Judith Social scientific criticism Criticism, interpretation, etc. Criticism, interpretation, etc. Criticism, interpretation, etc. Narration in the Bible. RELIGION Biblical Studies Old Testament. bisacsh RELIGION Judaism Sacred Writings. bisacsh RELIGION Christianity General. bisacsh Electronic books. Print version: Esler, Philip F. Sex, Wives, and Warriors : Reading Old Testament Narrative with Its Ancient Audience. Havertown : James Clarke & Co, ©2012 9780227679913 EBSCOhost http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=814408 Coutts Information Services COUT 24413820 27.50 GBP EBL - Ebook Library EBLB EBL1747720 ebrary EBRY ebr10634172 EBSCOhost EBSC 814408 YBP Library Services YANK 10349499 92 N$T 55135 55135