Fragile Dignity: Intercontextual Conversations on Scriptures, Family, and Violence (Society of Biblical Literature Semeia Studies)

These essays, based on collaboration between two Dutch and South African theological schools, consider the concept of human dignity. Reflecting on both theoretical aspects and social ramifications, they explore how families and society fail to protect human life and dignity.

L. Juliana Claassens is Associate Professor of Old Testament in the Faculty of Theology at Stellenbosch University. Her research and teaching interests include gender and the Bible, theological approaches to the Bible, and postcolonial biblical interpretation. She is the author of Mourner, Mother, Midwife: Reimagining God s Liberating Presence (Westminster John Knox) and co-editor of Sacred Selves: Essays on Gender, Popular Culture and Religion (Griffel) and Inclusion Matters: Essays on Theology, Disability and Human Dignity (SunMedia). Klaas Spronk is Professor of Old Testament at the Protestant Theological University in Amsterdam. He has published articles on Ugaritic literature and on biblical theology, with special attention to the problems of religion and violence. He is the co-editor of Images of Enmity and Hope: The Transformative Power of Religion in Conflicts (LIT Verlag).