Jealousy in Context
The Social Implications of Emotions in the Hebrew Bible
Jealousy in Context
The Social Implications of Emotions in the Hebrew Bible
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Publisher: Pennsylvania State University Press
ISBN: 9781575067360
Number of Pages: 232
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Attested as both a human and a divine expression, the biblical Hebrew term qin?â is most often translated as “jealousy” or “envy.” In this study, Erin Villareal makes the case for reading qin?â as more than a simple reference to an emotion, instead locating the term’s origins in ancient Israel’s social and legal spheres.
Jealousy in Context evaluates the socioliterary context of qin?â. Through a series of case studies examining this term as it is applied to residents, sister-wives, brothers, and husbands in biblical narrative passages, Villareal explains that qin?â is felt by people who experience a threat or disruption to their rights and status within a social arrangement or community and is therefore grounded in practical concerns that have social and juridical ramifications. Investigating examples of divine qin?â, Villareal shows that its social meaning was adapted into theological language about the Israelite deity and his relationship with the people of Israel, and that Yahweh expresses qin?â whenever there is a threat to the integrity of his land or his sanctuary. Villareal examines the term through this socioliterary lens to reveal ancient Israelite perceptions concerning social organization and divine-human relationships. Additionally, she explores how the socioliterary character of qin?â in the Hebrew Bible communicates representations of ancient Israelite beliefs, values, and social expectations.
This convincing new understanding of a key biblical term will be appreciated by students and scholars of the Hebrew Bible, Hebrew linguistics, and ancient Near Eastern societies more generally.
List of Tables
Acknowledgements
List of Abbreviations
Introduction
Purpose
History of Interpretation
A New Approach to Biblical ????
Chapter 1. Methodology and Approach
The Social Implications of ????
Emotion as Part of Social Culture
Emotion as Scenario and Script
Biblical Hebrew ???? as a Script
Scope of Study
Chapter 2. ???? in the Patriarchal Narratives
Social Organization in Genesis
???? in Genesis 26
???? in Genesis 30:1
???? in Genesis 31:11
The Scripts of the ???? Scenarios in Genesis
Conclusion
Chapter 3. ???? in Numbers 5:11-31
Interpretive Issues
The Cultic-Legal Framework of ???? in the Hebrew Bible
Numbers 5:11-31
The Script of the ???? Scenario in Numbers 5:11-31
Conclusion
Chapter 4. The Song of Moses and the Ideology of Land, People, and God
The Legacy of Deuteronomy 32:1-43
The Framework of the Divine-Human Relationship
The ???? Scenario in the Song of Moses
Reevaluating the Issue of Allotment and Order
The Script of the ???? Scenario in the Song of Moses
Conclusion
Chapter 5. The Divine ???? in Ezekiel, Psalm 79, and Zechariah
The Case of Ezekiel: Divine ???? Toward the Israelites and Adversaries
Divine ???? in Other Relevant Works: Psalm 79 and Zechariah
The Scripts of the ???? Scenarios in Ezekiel, Psalm 79, and Zechariah
Conclusion
Chapter 6: Yahweh as ?? ???
Attestations and Interpretations
The Narrative Context of ?? ??? in Exodus 34
?? ??? in Deuteronomy 4:24 and 6:15
?? ??? in Joshua 24:19
?? ??? in Nahum 1:2
The Script of an ?? ??? Scenario
Conclusion
Conclusion
???? and Jealousy: The Prototypical Scenario
A Summary of Biblical ???? as a Socioliterary Phenomenon
Final Remarks
Bibliography
Index of Authors
Index of Ancient Sources
