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Configurations of Rape: Some Issues for Conversation
Configurations of Rape in the Hebrew Bible: A Literary Analysis of Three Rape Narratives – By Frank M. Yamada
Author(s) -
Kuan K. Jeffrey
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
reviews in religion and theology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1467-9418
pISSN - 1350-7303
DOI - 10.1111/j.1467-9418.2010.00543.x
Subject(s) - narrative , conversation , insider , hebrew bible , literature , reading (process) , psychoanalysis , psychology , sociology , linguistics , philosophy , biblical studies , epistemology , art
Abstract While I am in much agreement with Frank Yamada's analysis and reading of the Genesis 34, Judges 19, and 2 Samuel 13 as rape narratives, in that all three texts show a ‘family resemblance’, this review essay is an attempt to engage his work in a conversation by discussing the following issues: (1) his use of ‘family resemblance’; (2) common authorship; (3) insider–outsider category; (4) 2 Samuel 11 as a rape narrative; (5) theological and ethical implications of such readings.