Maternal Grief in the Hebrew Bible
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Hardback or Cased Book
Book Series
Oxford Theology and Religion Monographs
ISBN-10
0198796870
ISBN-13
9780198796879
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Imprint
Oxford University Press
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Jun 1st, 2017
Print length
264 Pages
Weight
570 grams
Dimensions
16.40 x 24.00 x 2.30 cms
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NoneJudaism: sacred texts
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Drawing on contemporary studies showing that maternal grief can be instrumental in societal change, this volume argues that this is also a facet in biblical studies. It discusses narratives that draw on maternal grief as a model or archetype in Ancient Near Eastern literature.
Setting out from the observation made in the social sciences that maternal grief can at times be a motor of societal change, Ekaterina E. Kozlova demonstrates that a similar mechanism operates also in the biblical world. Kozlova argues that maternal grief is treated as a model or archetype of grief in biblical and Ancient Near Eastern literature. The work considers three narratives and one poem that illustrate the transformative power of maternal grief in the biblical presentation: Gen 21, Hagar and Ishmael in the desert; 2 Sam 21: 1-14, Rizpah versus King David; 2 Sam 14, the speech of the Tekoite woman; Jer 31: 15-22, Rachel weeping for her children. Although only one of the texts literally refers to a bereaved mother (2 Sam 21 on Rizpah), all four passages draw on the motif of maternal grief, and all four stage some form of societal transformation.
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