Sacred Witness: Rape in the Hebrew Bible

by Susanne Scholz

Book Overview

In Sacred Witness, Susanne Scholz discusses the wide range of rape texts in biblical literaturesome that long have troubled readers, others that should have but didn't, such as texts of marital rape, for example, or metaphorical speech about God as rapist. Assuming the androcentric nature of these writings, Scholz asks how we may read these texts in order to find some redemptive meaning for women, children, and men who have been injured by sexual...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 145148805X
• ISBN13: 9781451488050
• Release Date: April 2014
• Publisher: Fortress Press
• Length: 296 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"