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Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 9780198784531
Number of Pages: 240
Published: 05/10/2017
Width: 15.4 cm
Height: 22.5 cm
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 often resulting in these relations becoming determined by 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 argues that in particular social contexts in the contemporary "western" world, this same nexus operates, holding devastating consequences for particular social groups.

T. M. Lemos (Associate Professor of Hebrew Bible, Associate Professor of Hebrew Bible, Huron University College, University of Western Ontario)

T. M. Lemos is Associate Professor of Hebrew Bible at Huron University College, University of Western Ontario. She received her A. B. in Judaic Studies from Brown University and her Ph.D. with distinction from Yale University in Religious Studies. Her publications include Marriage Gifts and Social Change in Ancient Palestine: 1200 BCE to 200 CE (Cambridge University Press, 2010).

[a] very timely and revealing study ... This monograph is carefully researched and meticulously documented. I was consistently impressed by the degree of nuance Lemos exercises throughout the study ... this book is a welcome addition to the growing collection of studies on various aspects of violence in the Hebrew Bible. It deserves a careful reading and will certainly become an important part of future conversations that reflect on the nature of personhood in Israelite thought and the determinative role violence played in that regard. * Eric A. Seibert, Catholic Biblical Quarterly * Lemos' book is important, perhaps even essential, reading for scholars (and students) interested in serious questions of violence in a variety of contexts in biblical literature. She reads contemporary literature carefully, and her use of social science and even philosophical arguments is both helpful and clear throughout the study ... The approach is such that it would be useful for advanced undergraduate, and definitely graduate, level courses along these lines. The wide-ranging nature of the work means that it would be relevant for a variety of courses in biblical ethics, and not only courses specifically interested in war and peace. * Daniel L. Smith-Christopher, Biblical Interpretation * Lemos has done us a great service with this project. It is a work of great precision, marked by patient exegesis and carefully considered conclusions. Lemos points to the blindness we have shown to these matters in a way that does not allow retreat but demands new accounts of the types of brutality the scriptures contain... It will be of interest to scholars concerned with the social dynamics of ancient West Asia, particularly those interested in matters of class, gender, and ethnicity. However, its exegetical insight is of far broader significance. * Anthony Rees, The Review of Biblical Literature (RBL) * Lemos's book is an important contribution to the topic of personhood in ancient Israel and violence in the [ancient Near East]. The blend of anthropological and textual analyses make it a rich catalyst for discussions on law, culture, and society in ancient Israel. It is the hope of the reviewer that this book will encourage further scholarly engagement with these issues, which are of vital importance in contemporary society. * Sarah Gane Burton, Reading Religion *

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