Warfare, Ritual, and Symbol in Biblical and Modern Contexts (Ancient Israel and Its Literature) - Hardcover

Brad E. Kelle; Frank Ritchel Ames; Jacob L. Wright

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1589839609 ISBN 13: 9781589839601

Publisher: Society of Biblical Literature, 2014

Synopsis

New perspectives on Israelite warfare for biblical studies, military studies, and social theory

Contributors investigate what constituted a symbol in war, what rituals were performed and their purpose, how symbols and rituals functioned in and between wars and battles, what effects symbols and rituals had on insiders and outsiders, what ways symbols and rituals functioned as instruments of war, and what roles rituals and symbols played in the production and use of texts.

Features:

• Thirteen essays examine war in textual, historical, and social contexts
• Texts from the Hebrew Bible are read in light of ancient Near Eastern texts and archaeology
• Interdisciplinary studies make use of contemporary ritual and social theory

About this title

About the Author

Brad E. Kelle is Professor of Old Testament and Director of the M.A. in Religion Program at Point Loma Nazarene University in San Diego. He is the author of Ancient Israel at War 853-586 B.C. (Osprey).

Frank Ritchel Ames is Professor and Chair of Medical Informatics at Rocky Vista University in Denver. He is a contributor to and co-editor of Writing and Reading War: Rhetoric, Gender, and Ethics in Biblical and Modern Contexts (Society of Biblical Literature).

Jacob L. Wright is Associate Professor of Hebrew Bible at Emory University in Atlanta. He is the author of the Templeton award-winning Rebuilding Identity: The Nehemiah Memoir and Its Earliest Readers (de Gruyter).

Edition details

• Publisher: Society of Biblical Literature
• Publication date: 2014
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1589839609
• ISBN 13: 9781589839601
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 322