Hollow Men, Strange Women
Subtitle: Riddles, Codes and Otherness in the Book of Judges
Publisher: BRILL
Published: 2016
Language: eng
Number of pages: 354
ISBN-13: 9789004322660
Subjects: Bible, criticism, interpretation, etc., o. t. historical books
Description: In Hollow Men, Strange Women, Robin Baker provides a masterly reappraisal of Israel's experience during its Settlement of Canaan as narrated in the Book of Judges. Written under Assyrian suzerainty in the reign of Manasseh, Judges is both a theological commentary on the Settlement and an esoteric work of prophecy. Its apparent historicity subtly encrypts a grim forewarning of Judah's future, and, in its extensive treatment of otherness, Judges explores the meaning of God’s covenant with Israel. Robin Baker's scholarly and perceptive reading draws on a deep understanding of ancient Hebrew and Mesopotamian symbolic codes to interpret the riddles in this many-layered text. The Book of Judges reveals complex literary configurations from which past, present, and future are simultaneously presented. (Publisher).