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Weighing Hearts

Character, Judgment, and the Ethics of Reading the Bible

By: Stuart Lasine

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Weighing Hearts

Character, Judgment, and the Ethics of Reading the Bible

By: Stuart Lasine

Shows how readers evaluate characters in biblical narrative by integrating approaches native to social psychology, literary theory, and moral philosophy.

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A&C Black

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0567430812

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9780567430816

Jonah and the Human Condition

Life and Death in Yahweh’s World

By: Stuart Lasine

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Jonah and the Human Condition

Life and Death in Yahweh’s World

By: Stuart Lasine

Stuart Lasine examines all aspects of the human situation and condition in Yahweh's cosmos as depicted in the Hebrew Bible. As his starting point Lasine uses the phrase “the human condition”, which has been used to describe features of existence with which every person must cope, in ways which vary according to their culture, their situation within that culture, and their personality. In particular the most consistent factor that is basic to the human condition is mortality and, in the biblical context, the sometimes difficult relationship between the creator God and humankind. An examination of this forms the basis of Lasine's study, which draws analytical tools from several disciplines, including literary theory, psychology and philosophy. In the first part of the book Lasine examines a number of relevant biblical texts which display different aspects of the human condition. Part two engages in a detailed case study of one human life-situation, that of the prophet Jonah. Finally, Lasine draws together his conclusions about life and death in Yahweh's cosmos, both for characters within the world of the scriptural text and for present-day readers of the Hebrew Bible.

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Bloomsbury Publishing

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0567683249

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9780567683243

Divine Envy, Jealousy, and Vengefulness in Ancient Israel and Greece

By: Stuart Lasine

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Divine Envy, Jealousy, and Vengefulness in Ancient Israel and Greece

By: Stuart Lasine

This book is the first in-depth comparative analysis of envy, jealousy, and vengefulness experienced by divine personalities in the Hebrew Bible and ancient Greek texts and the functions served by attributing negative emotions and traits to one’s gods. Readers are informed about the vigorous debates concerning the nature of emotion, a field with rapidly growing interest, including the specific emotions of envy, jealousy, and vengefulness. The book charts the complex, multi-faceted presentation of divine beings in the Hebrew Bible and ancient Greek literature, including their negative emotions. While the detailed readings of key biblical and Greek texts can stand on their own, Lasine’s comparative analyses allow readers to appreciate the uniqueness of each tradition. Finally, examining the functions served by envisioning one’s God or gods as jealous, envious, and vengeful offers readers a fresh perspective on biblical theology and the ways in which Greek poets and dramatists imagined the nature of their deities. Divine Envy, Jealousy, and Vengefulness in Ancient Israel and Greece is intended for biblical, classical, and literary scholars, as well as the general reader interested in the Hebrew Bible and/or ancient Greek literature.

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Taylor & Francis

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100078696X

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Weighing Hearts

Weighing Hearts

Jonah and the Human Condition

Jonah and the Human Condition

Divine Envy, Jealousy, and Vengefulness in Ancient Israel and Greece

Divine Envy, Jealousy, and Vengefulness in Ancient Israel and Greece

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