{"product_id":"hollow-men-strange-women-riddles-codes-and-otherness-in-the-book-of-judges-9789004322660","title":"Hollow Men, Strange Women: Riddles, Codes and Otherness in the Book of Judges","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTable of Contents  PREFACE  1. INTRODUCTION: ‘A SPOIL OF DIVERS COLOURS ON BOTH SIDES’  2. ‘O MIRROR OF OUR FICKLE STATE’: RIDDLES, WORDS AND OTHER INSTRUMENTS OF ILLUSION  3. NOT QUITE AT HOME: GEOGRAPHY AND OTHERNESS  4. ‘LET ME FEEL THE PILLARS ON WHICH THE HOUSE STANDS’: THE ROLE AND SYMBOLISM OF THE BOOK’S RHETORICAL ARCHITECTURE  5. THE TANGLED ROOTS OF DEBORAH’S TREE: MESOPOTAMIA, EGYPT AND THE SOUL OF JUDGES  6. ‘THIS BROKEN JAW OF OUR LOST KINGDOMS’: DEATH AND COSMIC WARFARE  7. PAST AS PARABLE, HISTORY AS HONEY: JUDGES AS HISTORIOGRAPHY  8. EPILOGUE: JUDGES AND THE DEUTERONOMIST  BIBLIOGRAPHY General Index Index of Biblical References","brand":"Brill","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53210688749911,"sku":"9789004322660","price":153.6,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/hollow-men-strange-women-riddles-codes-and-otherness-in-the-book-of-judges-9789004322660","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}