Samson as God’s Adulterous Wife

ISBN-13: 9781433150661 / Angielski / Twarda / 2019 / 142 str.

M. Alroy Mascrenghe

Opis

Samson as God's Adulterous Wife reveals striking parallels between the depiction of Samson in the Book of Judges and the prophetic literature's metaphorical representations of Israel as an adulterous woman.

Spis treści

Preface - Acknowledgements - List of Abbreviations - Introduction - Theoretical Framework - Narrative Commentary on Judges 14:1-16:31 35 - Samson as Adulterous Israel - Destruction of the Dagon Temple as a Polemic Against the Philistine Cult - The Levite and Concubine - Index.

O autorze

M. Alroy Mascrenghe lectures in a number of theological colleges in Asia. His work has been published in IEEE and Elsevier journals and has been presented at conferences in the United States, the United Kingdom, Japan, Italy, India, and Sri Lanka. Mascrenghe has written a commentary on Ruth, contributed articles to an Encyclopedia to be published by Springer, and contributed an essay on Ecclesiastes to be published by the Society of Biblical Literature.