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Jealousy in Context

Name: Jealousy in Context
ISBN: 9781646021840

The Social Implications of Emotions in the Hebrew Bible

Erin Villareal,

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Jealousy in Context

The Social Implications of Emotions in the Hebrew Bible

Erin Villareal,

About this book

Attested as both a human and a divine expression, the biblical Hebrew term qin?â is most often translated as "jealousy" or "envy." In this study, Erin Villareal makes the case for reading qin?â as more than a simple reference to an emotion, instead locating the term's origins in ancient Israel's social and legal spheres.

Jealousy in Context evaluates the socioliterary context of qin?â. Through a series of case studies examining this term as it is applied to residents, sister-wives, brothers, and husbands in biblical narrative passages, Villareal explains that qin?â is felt by people who experience a threat or disruption to their rights and status within a social arrangement or community and is therefore grounded in practical concerns that have social and juridical ramifications. Investigating examples of divine qin?â, Villareal shows that its social meaning was adapted into theological language about the Israelite deity and his relationship with the people of Israel, and that Yahweh expresses qin?â whenever there is a threat to the integrity of his land or his sanctuary. Villareal examines the term through this socioliterary lens to reveal ancient Israelite perceptions concerning social organization and divine-human relationships. Additionally, she explores how the socioliterary character of qin?â in the Hebrew Bible communicates representations of ancient Israelite beliefs, values, and social expectations.

This convincing new understanding of a key biblical term will be appreciated by students and scholars of the Hebrew Bible, Hebrew linguistics, and ancient Near Eastern societies more generally.

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