Wu, Daniel Y.,

Honor, shame, and guilt : social-scientific approaches to the Book of Ezekiel / by Daniel Y. Wu. - Winona Lake, Indiana : Eisenbrauns, (c)2016. - 1 online resource. - Bulletin for Biblical Research Supplement ; 14 .

Includes bibliographies and index.

In this study, Wu explores how the concepts honor, shame, and guilt function in the book of Ezekiel, as well as in the wider contexts of their general use in anthropological or social-scientific approaches to biblical studies. He frames Ezekiel's key terms for honor (kabod) shame (bosh), and guilt ('awah) within an analysis of a broad perspective on these terms in the body of the Old Testament as a way of forming the "concept spheres" within which the specific instances of each term in Ezekiel sit. Wu gleans insight from the dominant contemporary definitions of honor, shame, and guilt in the f.



9781575064383

2016007872


Bible.--Ezekiel--Social scientific criticism.


Electronic Books.

BS1545 / .H666 2016