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Trauma and the Failure of History: Kings, Lamentations, and the Destruction of Jerusalem (Semeia Studies Book 94)

David Janzen

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Description:A theoretical and exegetical exploration of trauma in the Hebrew Bible David Janzen discusses the concepts of history and trauma and contrasts the ways historians and trauma survivors grapple with traumatic events, a contrast embodied in the very different ways the books of Kings and Lamentations react to the destruction of Jerusalem. Janzen’s study warns that explanations in histories will tend to silence the voices of trauma survivors, and it challenges traditional approaches that sometimes portray the explanations of traumatic events in biblical literature as therapeutic for victims. Features: Exploration of history as a narrative explanation that creates a past readers can recognize to be true Examination of how trauma results in a failure of victims to fully experience or remember traumatic events. A case for why the past is a construction of cultures and historians David Janzen is Associate Professor of Hebrew Bible at Durham University in the United Kingdom. He is the author of numerous academic monographs on the Deuteronomistic History and Persian period biblical literature, including The Violent Gift (2012), a study of the Deuteronomistic History through the lens of trauma theory.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Trauma and the Failure of History: Kings, Lamentations, and the Destruction of Jerusalem (Semeia Studies Book 94). To get started finding Trauma and the Failure of History: Kings, Lamentations, and the Destruction of Jerusalem (Semeia Studies Book 94), you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Description: A theoretical and exegetical exploration of trauma in the Hebrew Bible David Janzen discusses the concepts of history and trauma and contrasts the ways historians and trauma survivors grapple with traumatic events, a contrast embodied in the very different ways the books of Kings and Lamentations react to the destruction of Jerusalem. Janzen’s study warns that explanations in histories will tend to silence the voices of trauma survivors, and it challenges traditional approaches that sometimes portray the explanations of traumatic events in biblical literature as therapeutic for victims. Features: Exploration of history as a narrative explanation that creates a past readers can recognize to be true Examination of how trauma results in a failure of victims to fully experience or remember traumatic events. A case for why the past is a construction of cultures and historians David Janzen is Associate Professor of Hebrew Bible at Durham University in the United Kingdom. He is the author of numerous academic monographs on the Deuteronomistic History and Persian period biblical literature, including The Violent Gift (2012), a study of the Deuteronomistic History through the lens of trauma theory.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Trauma and the Failure of History: Kings, Lamentations, and the Destruction of Jerusalem (Semeia Studies Book 94). To get started finding Trauma and the Failure of History: Kings, Lamentations, and the Destruction of Jerusalem (Semeia Studies Book 94), you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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