Why does Jephthah’s daughter weep? This new child-oriented reading reveals that a complex mix of emotional, familial, socio-cultural, and sexual consequences

This volume brings together essays by an international group of biblical scholars on Old Testament topics, employing social-scientific methods: anthropology, ma

A Passage-by-Passage Commentary of Deuteronomy, Joshua, Judges, and Ruth Designed to strengthen the global church with a widely accessible, theologically sound,

Judges 19–21 is filled with sexual violence, silent victims, and the lack of an ethical response. Utilizing a Bakhtinian-canonical perspective, this book seek

Given the recent interest in the emotions presupposed in early religious literature, it has been thought useful to examine in this volume how the Jews and early