Trauma and Traumatization in Individual and Collective Dimensions Insights from Biblical Studies and Beyond |
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Editor:
| Becker, Eve-Marie Dochhorn, Jan Holt, Else |
Series title: | Studia Aarhusiana Neotestamentica (SANt) Ser. |
ISBN: | 978-3-525-53616-2 |
Publication Date: | Oct 2014 |
Publisher: | Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht
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Book Format: | Hardback |
List Price: | USD $114.00 |
Book Description:
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The contributors of this volume demonstrate how a highly developed expertise in interpreting Biblical and cognate literature is a substantial part of the overall discourse on the historical, literary, social, political, and religious dimensions of trauma in past and present. This idea is based on the assumption that trauma is not only a modern concept which derives from 20th century psychiatry: It is an ancient phenomenon already which predates modern discourses. Trauma studies will...
More DescriptionThe contributors of this volume demonstrate how a highly developed expertise in interpreting Biblical and cognate literature is a substantial part of the overall discourse on the historical, literary, social, political, and religious dimensions of trauma in past and present. This idea is based on the assumption that trauma is not only a modern concept which derives from 20th century psychiatry: It is an ancient phenomenon already which predates modern discourses. Trauma studies will thus profit from how Theology - specifically Biblical exegesis - and the Humanities deal with trauma in terms of religion, history, sociology, and politics.