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Alison Joseph deposited Manasseh the Boring: Lack of Character in 2 Kings 21 in the group
Hebrew Bible / Old Testament on Humanities Commons 3 years ago
King Manasseh of Judah is blamed for the destruction of Jerusalem and the Babylonian exile, a heavy mantle to carry. But as a character, Manasseh is boring—he looks like the other ordinary bad kings, even described as a “cardboard cutout,” that Kings has little literary use for. Wouldn’t we expect a more colorful villain? Is there anything in the…[Read more]
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Alison Joseph deposited Manasseh the Boring: Lack of Character in 2 Kings 21 in the group
Biblical Studies on Humanities Commons 3 years ago
King Manasseh of Judah is blamed for the destruction of Jerusalem and the Babylonian exile, a heavy mantle to carry. But as a character, Manasseh is boring—he looks like the other ordinary bad kings, even described as a “cardboard cutout,” that Kings has little literary use for. Wouldn’t we expect a more colorful villain? Is there anything in the…[Read more]
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Alison Joseph deposited Manasseh the Boring: Lack of Character in 2 Kings 21 in the group
Bible and the History of Biblical Interpretation on AJS Commons 3 years ago
King Manasseh of Judah is blamed for the destruction of Jerusalem and the Babylonian exile, a heavy mantle to carry. But as a character, Manasseh is boring—he looks like the other ordinary bad kings, even described as a “cardboard cutout,” that Kings has little literary use for. Wouldn’t we expect a more colorful villain? Is there anything in the…[Read more]
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Alison Joseph deposited ‘Is Dinah Raped?’ Isn’t the Right Question: Genesis 34 and Feminist Historiography in the group
Hebrew Bible / Old Testament on Humanities Commons 3 years ago
Many of the feminist readings of the Dinah story in Genesis 34 in recent years have focused on the question of whether Dinah is raped. The interpretations that perhaps Dinah was not “raped” span the spectrum from a teenage love affair between Dinah and Shechem, to a case of statutory rape, to a marriage by abduction. Guilty of exploring this que…[Read more]
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Alison Joseph deposited ‘Is Dinah Raped?’ Isn’t the Right Question: Genesis 34 and Feminist Historiography in the group
Feminist Humanities on Humanities Commons 3 years ago
Many of the feminist readings of the Dinah story in Genesis 34 in recent years have focused on the question of whether Dinah is raped. The interpretations that perhaps Dinah was not “raped” span the spectrum from a teenage love affair between Dinah and Shechem, to a case of statutory rape, to a marriage by abduction. Guilty of exploring this que…[Read more]
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Alison Joseph deposited ‘Is Dinah Raped?’ Isn’t the Right Question: Genesis 34 and Feminist Historiography in the group
Biblical Studies on Humanities Commons 3 years ago
Many of the feminist readings of the Dinah story in Genesis 34 in recent years have focused on the question of whether Dinah is raped. The interpretations that perhaps Dinah was not “raped” span the spectrum from a teenage love affair between Dinah and Shechem, to a case of statutory rape, to a marriage by abduction. Guilty of exploring this que…[Read more]
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Alison Joseph deposited ‘Is Dinah Raped?’ Isn’t the Right Question: Genesis 34 and Feminist Historiography in the group
Bible and the History of Biblical Interpretation on AJS Commons 3 years ago
Many of the feminist readings of the Dinah story in Genesis 34 in recent years have focused on the question of whether Dinah is raped. The interpretations that perhaps Dinah was not “raped” span the spectrum from a teenage love affair between Dinah and Shechem, to a case of statutory rape, to a marriage by abduction. Guilty of exploring this que…[Read more]
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Alison Joseph deposited Manasseh the Boring: Lack of Character in 2 Kings 21 on Humanities Commons 3 years ago
King Manasseh of Judah is blamed for the destruction of Jerusalem and the Babylonian exile, a heavy mantle to carry. But as a character, Manasseh is boring—he looks like the other ordinary bad kings, even described as a “cardboard cutout,” that Kings has little literary use for. Wouldn’t we expect a more colorful villain? Is there anything in the…[Read more]
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Alison Joseph deposited ‘Is Dinah Raped?’ Isn’t the Right Question: Genesis 34 and Feminist Historiography on Humanities Commons 3 years ago
Many of the feminist readings of the Dinah story in Genesis 34 in recent years have focused on the question of whether Dinah is raped. The interpretations that perhaps Dinah was not “raped” span the spectrum from a teenage love affair between Dinah and Shechem, to a case of statutory rape, to a marriage by abduction. Guilty of exploring this que…[Read more]
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Alison Joseph's profile was updated on Humanities Commons 3 years ago
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Alison Joseph's profile was updated on Humanities Commons 5 years, 2 months ago
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Alison Joseph deposited The Frankenstein of Biblical Studies? on Humanities Commons 5 years, 4 months ago
Advances in archaeology and carbon-dating contribute to our understanding of the biblical text’s
historical context, of daily life in ancient Israel, and of the provenance of inscriptions. All of this
information (seemingly) makes us better readers of the text with greater understanding of the text’s
context, but does it? Have we become com…[Read more] -
Alison Joseph's profile was updated on Humanities Commons 5 years, 4 months ago
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Alison Joseph deposited Understanding Genesis 34:2: ‘Innâ on Humanities Commons 5 years, 8 months ago
Feminist scholars have debated what happens to Dinah in Genesis 34:2. Was she raped? These short notes explore a contextual understanding of the meaning of ‘innâ, in this verse and other occurrences.
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Alison Joseph deposited Who Is like David? Was David like David?: Good Kings in the Book of Kings on Humanities Commons 5 years, 8 months ago
Of the more than forty monarchs who rule the kingdoms of Israel and Judah, only three are said to be like David, the paradigm of the good king. What qualifies one to be “like David”? Would David, as portrayed in Samuel, stack up to these criteria? This paper is a study of the accolades given to only a handful of the kings: those who do what is ple…[Read more]
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Alison Joseph's profile was updated on Humanities Commons 5 years, 9 months ago
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Alison Joseph changed their profile picture on Humanities Commons 5 years, 9 months ago
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Alison Joseph's profile was updated on Humanities Commons 5 years, 9 months ago