Marriage, Bible, Violence

Drawing on both biblical studies scholarship and practitioner experience, this book explores the disjuncture between complementarian accounts of biblical marriage and intersections of marriage and violence in texts from Jewish and Christian Scriptures.

Autorentext

Saima Afzal worked in local government, child protection, and as National Crime Agency-registered expert witness, Independent Member of the Lancashire (UK) Police Authority, with a national Equality, Diversity, and Human Rights portfolio. She has served as Assistant Police and Crime Commissioner and founded S.A.S. RIGHTS.

Johanna Stiebert is Professor of Hebrew Bible at the University of Leeds (UK). She is author of Rape Myths, the Bible and #MeToo (Routledge, 2020) and has research interests in topics of gender, sexuality, and activism. She co-founded and co-directs The Shiloh Project (https://www.shilohproject.blog/).

Inhalt

Introduction 1. Biblical Marriage 2. Marriage in the Bible 3. Marriage, Bible, and Violence - Concluding Comments Works Cited Index of Biblical References Index of Authors and Subjects