Configurations of Rape: Some Issues for Conversation Configurations of Rape in the Hebrew Bible: A Literary Analysis of Three Rape Narratives – By Frank M. Yamada

While I am in much agreement with Frank Yamada's analysis and reading of the Genesis 34, Judges 19, and 2 Samuel 13 as rape narratives, in that all three texts show a ‘family resemblance’, this review essay is an attempt to engage his work in a conversation by discussing the following issues: (...

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Main Author: Kuan, K. Jeffrey (Author)
Format: Electronic Review
Language:English
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Published: Wiley-Blackwell 2010
In: Reviews in religion and theology
Year: 2010, Volume: 17, Issue: 3, Pages: 256-260
Further subjects:B Book review
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Summary:While I am in much agreement with Frank Yamada's analysis and reading of the Genesis 34, Judges 19, and 2 Samuel 13 as rape narratives, in that all three texts show a ‘family resemblance’, this review essay is an attempt to engage his work in a conversation by discussing the following issues: (1) his use of ‘family resemblance’; (2) common authorship; (3) insider–outsider category; (4) 2 Samuel 11 as a rape narrative; (5) theological and ethical implications of such readings.
ISSN:1467-9418
Contains:Enthalten in: Reviews in religion and theology
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9418.2010.00543.x