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ISBN-13: 9781451496420
Publisher: 1517 MEDIA
Imprint: FORTRESS PRESS
Translated by John C. Yoder
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Local release date: 30/06/2015
Format: Paperback (229.00mm X 152.00mm) 192 pages Weight: 0g
Categories: Old Testaments [HRCF1]Biblical studies & exegesis [HRCG]

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Google Preview: Power and Politics in the Book of Judges studies political culture and behavior in premonarchic Israel, focusing on the protagonists in the book of Judges. Although the sixth-century BCE Deuteronomistic editor portrayed them as moral champions and called them "judges," the original bardic storytellers and the men and women of valor themselves were preoccupied with the problem of gaining and maintaining political power. John C. Yoder considers the variety of strategies the men and women of valor used to gain and consolidate their power, including the use of violence, the redistribution of patronage, and the control of the labor and reproductive capacity of subordinates. They relied heavily, however, on other strategies that did not deplete their wealth or require the constant exercise of force: mobilizing and dispensing indigenous knowledge, cultivating a reputation for reliability and honor, and positioning themselves as skillful mediators between the realms of earth and heaven, using their association with YHWH to advance their political, economic, or military agenda.; John C. Yoder, recently retired, taught history and political science and directed the Peace Studies Program at Whitworth University in Spokane, Washington. He has published studies of oral traditions and political cultures in Africa, including Popular Political Culture, Civil Society, and State Crisis in Liberia (2003).; Google Preview content