Death, Social Conflict, and the Barley Harvest in the Hebrew Bible

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dc.contributorDepartment of Religion and Culture, Virginia Techen
dc.contributor.authorBritt, Brian M.en
dc.date.accessioned2014-03-24T15:45:00Zen
dc.date.available2014-03-24T15:45:00Zen
dc.date.issued2005en
dc.description.abstractSome recent scholarship characterizes violent biblical narratives, such as the killing of Saul’s descendents in 2 Sam. 21, as evidence of ancient ritual sacrifice. Yet 2 Sam. 21 has more in common with Ruth 1 and Judith than with stories of sacrifice. By their common reference to the barley harvest, untimely deaths, famine, and social conflict, these texts represent reality through literary means. Drawing on René Girard’s theory of religion, I suggest how the narratives of 2 Sam. 21, Ruth 1, and Judith, as well as a set of narratives about sheepshearing, address social conflict as literary texts rather than as transparent windows onto ancient practice.en
dc.identifier.citationBritt, B. “Death, Social Conflict, and the Barley Harvest in the Hebrew Bible,” Journal of Hebrew Scriptures 5 (2005), http://www.jhsonline.org, 28 pages.en
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.5508/jhs.2005.v5.a15en
dc.identifier.issn1203-1542en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/46774en
dc.identifier.urlhttp://www.jhsonline.org/Articles/article_45.pdfen
dc.language.isoen_USen
dc.publisherJournal of Hebrew Scriptures en
dc.rightsIn Copyrighten
dc.rights.urihttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/en
dc.subjectviolent biblical narrativesen
dc.subjectritual sacrificeen
dc.subjectcommon referenceen
dc.titleDeath, Social Conflict, and the Barley Harvest in the Hebrew Bibleen
dc.title.serialJournal of Hebrew Scripturesen
dc.typeArticle - Refereeden

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