Cover of: Physical Violence and the Boundaries of Personhood in the Hebrew Bible
T. M. Lemos

Physical Violence and the Boundaries of Personhood in the Hebrew Bible

Section: Articles
Volume 2 (2013) / Issue 4, pp. 500-531 (32)
Published 09.07.2018
DOI 10.1628/219222713X13933396528360
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Summary
This article examines the connection between Israelite conceptions of personhood and physical violence, focusing on the question of who was considered a person in ancient Israel, and argues that violence was often used to shift the status of individuals from that of person to non-person.