The Enemy Is Within
Subtitle: A Jungian Psychoanalytic Approach to the Book of Judith (Biblical Interpretation Series)
Publisher: Brill Academic Publishers
Published: December 30, 2004
Language: eng
Number of pages: 442
ISBN-13: 9780391042148
Description: "Scholars have generally approached the book of Judith from either a "historical" perspective or a "nonhistorical" perspective. The book has been assessed "historically" in terms of its nature as "the Word of God" and as a representation of factual history. From a "nonhistorical" perspective, scholars downplay the questions of historicity in favor of analyzing the text's literary or allegorical function by examining the book's narrative structure and its representation in art and literature. Efthimiadis-Keith's study of the book of Judith presents a third approach that utilizes both "historical" and "nonhistorical" elements as well as adding the author's own, unique interpretation."--BOOK JACKET.