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Ausgehend von der Opfergelübde-Erzählung in Ri 11,29-40 untersucht Michaela Bauks das Phänomen des Kinderopfers im Alten Orient und im Alten Testament. Nach eingehender Analyse der Textkomposition von Ri 11 und Erwägungen zur Redaktionsgeschichte wendet sie sich den religionsgeschichtlichen Belegen für Kinderopfer im mediterranen Kulturkreis des 1. Jahrtausend v. Chr. zu und untersucht im Anschluss daran die Rezeptionsgeschichte anhand einiger einschlägiger Belege (bes. LXX, Targum, Josephus, Pseudo-Philo, NT sowie Rekurse auf Ri 11 vorwiegend in der Alten Kirche) bei zusätzlicher Berücksichtigung des wichtigen Intertexts in Gen 22. Neben den historischen Fragestellungen widmet sich die Autorin zudem ausführlich der Frage nach der Intention und Funktion der Rede vom Kinderopfer. Die verschiedenen Facetten des Themas in literarischer, theologischer und materieller Hinsicht werden gleichberechtigt nebeneinander gestellt und zu Gunsten der Interpretation der Richtererzählung ausgewertet.

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This volume includes a wide range of studies on pain and its representation in texts and non-literary remains of the ancient Eastern Mediterranean, suggesting both the richness and complexity of the topic and the need for scholars to address it from a variety of perspectives. The essays engage the subject of pain and its representation in a multitude of ways, including consideration of the representation of physical pain, of psychological anguish, and the often complex relationship between the two. Several essays focus on the representation of pain in a particular genre of ancient literature such as Greek medical texts, narratives, prophetic texts, poetry, or legal texts. The volume also explores descriptions of concrete pain and the metaphorical use of pain imagery and idioms, as well as pain's relationship to shame, illness and torture. Finally, both communal and individual dimensions of pain are of interest to the contributors, as is the role pain might have had in ritual action and the part rites might play in the imposition of pain.

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The aim of the present conference volume is to study the interrelationship of literary and material approaches to historical investigation of gender. Paradigmatically the significance and meaning of gender and sexuality is explored in the context of private and public, religious and secular spaces. Historical, cultural, and social norms (and deviations) of daily life are examined through the lens of textual, archaeological, and art historical investigations to interpret relics of ancient Israelite, Jewish, and Christian communities from the Iron Age through Late Antiquity. Scholars from varied disciplines such as biblical and classical archaeology, epigraphy, Old and New Testament exegesis and religious studies assembled to engage in a dialogue involving both texts and material culture.

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