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Mixed Feelings and Vexed Passions: Exploring Emotions in Biblical Literature
F. Scott Spencer (Editor)

ISBN	9780884142577
Status	Available
Price:	$67.00
Binding	Hardback
Publication Date	September 2017
Pages	418

A ground-breaking collection exploring the rich array of emotions in biblical literature

An international team of Hebrew Bible and New Testament scholars offers incisive case studies of passions displayed by divine and human figures in the biblical texts ranging from joy, happiness, and trust to grief, hate, and disgust. Essays address how biblical characters' feelings affect their relationship with God, one another, and the world and how these feelings mix together, for good or ill, for flourishing or vexation. Deeply engaged with both ancient and modern contexts, including the burgeoning interdisciplinary study of emotion in the humanities and sciences, these essays break down the artificial divide between reason and passion, cognition and emotion, thought and feeling in biblical study.

Features

Case studies drawn from multiple genres across the Bible: narrative, prophets, poetry, wisdom, Gospels, and letters
Helpful select bibliographies of interdisciplinary resources at the end of each essay
Critical balance between theory and practice and between method and close textual analysis
Distinctive ancient Hebrew and Greek uses of emotional terms and concepts compared with each other and with evolving understandings in Western culture

F. Scott Spencer is Professor of New Testament and Biblical Interpretation at Baptist Theological Seminary at Richmond. He is past president of the Southeastern Commission for the Study of Religion and current co-chair of the Bible and Emotion group for SBL. He is the author of Song of Songs and Salty Wives, Spirited Mothers, and Savvy Widows in Luke.

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