Physical Violence and the Boundaries of Personhood in the Hebrew Bible
This article examines the connection between Israelite conceptions of personhood and physical violence, focusing on the question of who was considered a person in ancient Israel, and argues that violence was often used to shift the status of individuals from that of person to non-person.
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
| Check availability: | HBZ Gateway |
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| Fernleihe: | Fernleihe für die Fachinformationsdienste |
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Mohr Siebeck
2013
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| In: |
Hebrew bible and ancient Israel
Year: 2013, Volume: 2, Issue: 4, Pages: 500-531 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Violence
/ Person
/ Individual
/ Deferral
/ Israelites
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| IxTheo Classification: | HD Early Judaism NBE Anthropology |
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| Summary: | This article examines the connection between Israelite conceptions of personhood and physical violence, focusing on the question of who was considered a person in ancient Israel, and argues that violence was often used to shift the status of individuals from that of person to non-person. |
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| ISSN: | 2192-2284 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Hebrew bible and ancient Israel
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1628/219222713X13933396528360 |