Averting Curses in the Law of War (Deuteronomy 20)
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 21408239 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Lynne Quick (0000-0001-5497-9160, corresponding author), Laura Quick (0009-0004-3774-4588, Worcester CollegeWalton Street, OX1 2HBOxfordUK) |
| Year | 2020 |
| Volume | 132 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 209-223 |
| Publication date | 2020-05-26 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Zeitschrift für die Alttestamentliche Wissenschaft (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0044-2526 • E-ISSN: 1613-0103 |
| Publisher | Walter de Gruyter GmbH (PUBLISHER • DE) |
| DOI | 10.1515/zaw-2020-2001 |
| OpenAlex | W3033030073 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
This essay explores the military exemption of Deut 20:5–7 in light of the futility curse in Deut 28:30. By uncovering the social and ritual contexts of the futility curse, I argue that Deut 20:5–7 can be productively understood as a warfare ritual against the curse. I explore the ritual dimensions of Deut 20:5–7 in light of rituals for avoiding curses and maledictions from the ancient Near East, arguing that the original Sitz im Leben of these verses can be found in a pre-war ritual responding to the hegemonic aims of enemies as this crystallized in the inscriptional and ritual contexts of ancient warfare
Art · Curse · Hegemony · Literature · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Anthropology · Archaeology and Historical Studies · Biblical Studies and Interpretation · Historical and Linguistic Studies · History · Law · Philosophy
| Citations per year | 0.2 |
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| Citation span | 2021 - 2021 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |