Trauma and Traumatization in Individual and Collective Dimensions: Insights from Biblical Studies and Beyond

Becker, Eve-Marie (Editor)/ Dochhorn, Jan (Editor)/ Holt, Else (Editor)

ISBN 10: 352553616X / ISBN 13: 9783525536162

Published by Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht Gmbh & Co, 2014

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314 pages. 9.25x6.25x1.25 inches. In Stock.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Trauma and Traumatization in Individual and Collective Dimensions: Insights from Biblical Studies and Beyond
• Publisher: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht Gmbh & Co
• Publication Date: 2014
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 352553616X
• ISBN 13: 9783525536162
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Brand New
• Weight: 0.68 kilograms

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Synopsis

The contributors of this volume demonstrate how a highly developed expertise in interpreting Biblical and cognate literature is a substantial part of the overall discourse on the historical, literary, social, political, and religious dimensions of trauma in past and present. This idea is based on the assumption that trauma is not only a modern concept which derives from 20th century psychiatry: It is an ancient phenomenon already which predates modern discourses. Trauma studies will thus profit from how Theology - specifically Biblical exegesis - and the Humanities deal with trauma in terms of religion, history, sociology, and politics.

About the Author

Dr. theol. Eve-Marie Becker is Professor for New Testament exegesis at Aarhus University. Dr. theol. Jan Dochhorn is Lektor / Associate Professor for New Testament Studies at Aarhus University.