£35.00

T&T Clark - The Violent Gift: Trauma's Subversion of Dtr History

Name: T&T Clark - The Violent Gift: Trauma's Subversion of Dtr History
Brand: T&T Clark
Price: 35.0 GBP
Availability: InStock

Criticism & Interpretation

Price History & Forecast

Last 24 days • 24 data points (No recent data available)

Historical

Generating forecast...

Price Distribution

Price distribution over 24 days • 1 price levels

Days at Price

Price Analysis

Most common price: £35 (24 days, 100.0%)

Price range: £35 - £35

Price levels: 1 different prices over 24 days

Description

Explore a deep academic analysis of biblical history with The Violent Gift by T&T Clark. This scholarly work examines the narrative of the exilic author of the Deuteronomistic History and how it attempts to explain the trauma experienced by the Judean community in Babylon. By applying trauma theory to the text, this book examines how massive psychic trauma resists simple narrative explanation. The study looks at how trauma actually intrudes into the history, challenging the very claims used to make sense of the exile. It provides a unique perspective on how the Deuteronomistic History functions as both an explanation for suffering and a text that is subverted by the weight of that suffering. This volume is part of the Library of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament Studies and serves as a significant resource for students and scholars of Old Testament criticism and interpretation. It offers a rigorous look at the tension between historical narrative and the reality of human trauma.

Key Features

Examines the narrative of the exilic author within the Deuteronomistic History.

Analyzes the Judean community's experience of trauma in Babylon.

Applies trauma theory to the study of the Deuteronomistic History (Dtr).

Investigates how psychic trauma challenges and subverts narrative explanations.

Part of the Library of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament Studies series.

Focuses on Old Testament criticism and historical interpretation.

Product Specifications

Brand: T&T Clark
Format: paperback
ASIN: 0567436926
Category: Books > Subjects > Religion & Spirituality > Bible > Bible Studies > Old Testament > Criticism & Interpretation
Domain: Amazon UK
Publication Date: 10 May 2012
Listed Since: 29 July 2011

Barcode

No barcode data available

T&T Clark - The Violent Gift: Trauma's Subversion of Dtr History

Price History & Forecast

Price Distribution

Price Analysis

Description

Key Features

Product Specifications

Barcode

Similar Products You Might Like

Violence against Women and Children in the Hebrew Bible: Between Trauma and Resilience: 730 (The Library of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament Studies)

Disloyalty and Destruction: Religion and Politics in Deuteronomy and the Modern World (Library of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament Studies): v. 511

A Cry Instead of Justice: The Bible and Cultures of Violence in Psychological Perspective: v. 499 (The Library of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament Studies)

The Book of Kings and Exilic Identity: 1 and 2 Kings as a Work of Political Historiography: 708 (The Library of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament Studies)

The Book of the Former Prophets

The ""Whole Truth"": Rethinking Retribution in the Book of Tobit: No. 82 (The Library of Second Temple Studies)

Visions and Violence in the Pseudepigrapha (Jewish and Christian Texts)

Israel Constructs its History: Deuteronomistic Historiography in Recent Research: 306 (The Library of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament Studies)

David in Distress: His Portrait Through the Historical Psalms (Library of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament Studies): v. 505

T&T Clark Handbook of the Old Testament: An Introduction to the Literature, Religion and History of the Old Testament

Glory and Power, Ritual and Relationship: The Sinai Covenant in the Postexilic Period (Library of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament Studies): v. 471

Women and Exile: 631 (The Library of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament Studies)

De Gruyter - The Transjordanian Palimpsest - Academic Study

Imagined Worlds and Constructed Differences in the Hebrew Bible (The Library of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament Studies): 677

Bloomsbury Prophecy and Ideology in Jeremiah - Old Testament

Ezekiel and the World of Deuteronomy: 703 (The Library of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament Studies)

The Bible as Revelatory Word: 1 Scripture as Oracular Text (The Prophetic and Wisdom Traditions)

Juxtaposition and the Elisha Cycle: 594 (The Library of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament Studies)

Exclusive Inclusivity: Identity Conflicts Between The Exiles And The People Who Remained (6Th-5Th Centuries Bce): 543 (The Library of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament Studies)

Divine Violence in the Book of Samuel

Untamable Texts: Literary Studies and Narrative Theory in the Books of Samuel (Library of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament Studies): 514

The Triumph of Grace: Literary and Theological Studies in Deuteronomy and Deuteronomic Themes

Second Temple Studies IV: Historiography and History: 4 (The Library of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament Studies)

Sanctified Aggression: Legacies of Biblical and Post-Biblical Vocabularies of Violence: 400 (The Library of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament Studies)