Semeia 68: Honor and Shame in the World of the Bible

by Don C. Benjamin; Victor H. Matthews

Publisher:

Society of Biblical Literature (SBL)

, 1996

Overview

Semeia is an experimental journal devoted to the exploration of new and emergent areas and methods of biblical criticism. Studies employing the methods, models, and findings of linguistics, folklore studies, contemporary literary criticism, structuralism, social anthropology, and other such disciplines and approaches, are invited. Although experimental in both form and content, Semeia proposes to publish work that reflects a well defined methodology that is appropriate to the material being interpreted.

Key Features

• Key perspectives on biblical criticism
• Includes bibliographies and index

Contributors

• Don C. Benjamin
• Dianne Bergant
• John K. Chance
• K.C. Hanson
• Gideon M. Kressel
• Victor H. Matthews
• Jerome H. Neyrey
• Ronald Simkins
• Gary Stansell

Product Details

• Title: Semeia 68: Honor and Shame in the World of the Bible
• Editors: Victor H. Matthews and Don C. Benjamin
• Publisher: Society of Biblical Literature
• Publication Date: 1996
• Pages: 164

About the Editors

Victor H. Matthews is Professor of Religious Studies at Southwest Missouri State University. He is the author of Untold Stories of the Bible, The Old Testament: Text and Context, The IVP Bible Background Commentary, Old Testament Parallels, and The Social World of Ancient Israel.

Don C. Benjamin teaches biblical studies and religion at Arizona State University in Tempe.