The Aesthetics of Violence in the Prophets
| By: | Julia M. O'Brien |
| Publisher: | Bloomsbury USA |
| Print ISBN: | 9780567548115 |
| eText ISBN: | 9780567571427 |
| Edition: | 1 |
| Copyright: | 2010 |
| Format: | Page Fidelity |
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This volume explores multiple dimensions of prophetic texts and their violent rhetoric, providing a rich and engaging discussion of violent images not only in prophetic texts and in ancient Near Eastern art but also in modern film and receptions of prophetic texts.
The volume addresses questions that are at once ancient and distressingly-modern: What do violent images do to us? Do they encourage violent behavior and/or provide an alternative to actual violence? How do depictions of violence define boundaries between and within communities? What readers can and should readers make of the disturbing rhetoric of violent prophets?
Contributors include Corrine Carvahlo, Cynthia Chapman, Chris Franke, Bob Haak, Mary Mills, Julia O'Brien, Kathleen O'Connor, Carolyn Sharp, Yvonne Sherwood, and Daniel Smith-Christopher.