Maternal Grief in the Hebrew Bible Hardback
by Ekaterina E. (Independent Scholar) Kozlova
Part of the Oxford Theology and Religion Monographs series
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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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Out of stock
- Format:Hardback
- Pages:264 pages
- Publisher:Oxford University Press
- Publication Date:01/06/2017
- ISBN:9780198796879
Information
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Out of stock
- Format:Hardback
- Pages:264 pages
- Publisher:Oxford University Press
- Publication Date:01/06/2017
- ISBN:9780198796879
