RT Article
T1 Deuteronomy 21.10-14 and/as Wartime Rape
JF Journal for the study of the Old Testament
VO 41
IS 3
SP 313
OP 336
A1 Reeder, Caryn A.
LA English
PB Sage
YR 2017
UL https://www.ixtheo.de/Record/1556364172
AB The law of the captive woman in Deut. 21.10-14 is alternately identified as a law that protects or even favors the captive, or as a law that enshrines wartime rape. This article argues for the latter assessment on the basis of three lines of evidence: the vocabulary and syntax of the law; intertextual connections with Genesis 34; and comparative analysis with contemporary situations of wartime rape. The final line of evidence also allows for the interpretation of the law from the perspective of the captive woman herself.
DO 10.1177/0309089216661171