Author

Publication

2017-12-05 - Oxford University Press

Language

English

Word Count

70,000 words, Guess

Page Count

280 pages

Physical Format

Hardcover

Identifiers

  • ISBN-100198784538
  • ISBN-139780198784531
  • OCLC Control Number980439229
  • Better World Books9780198784531
  • Open LibraryOL27415371M

Classifications

  • LCCDS113
  • LCCDS121 .L46 2017

Description

"Violence and Personhood in Ancient Israel and Comparative Contexts is the first book-length work on personhood in ancient Israel. T. M. Lemos reveals widespread intersections between violence and personhood in both this society and the wider region. Relations of domination and subordination were incredibly important to the culture and social organization of ancient Israel, with these relations often determining the boundaries of personhood itself. Personhood was malleable--it could be and was violently erased in many social contexts. This study exposes a violence-personhood-masculinity nexus in which domination allowed those in control to animalize and brutalize the bodies of subordinates. Lemos also argues that in particular social contexts in the contemporary "western" world, this same nexus operates, holding devastating consequences for marginalized social groups."--Provided by publisher.

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