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DescriptionThe Conflict Myth and the Biblical Tradition – June 1st 2015 by Debra Scoggins Ballentine (Author) {Bindaredundat}  Product Details Hardcover: 304 pages Publisher: Oxford University Press; 1 edition (June 1st 2015) Language: English ISBN-10: 0199370257 ISBN-13: 978-0199370252 Price: $62.90 There are many ancient West Asian stories that narrate the victory of a warrior deity over an enemy, typically a sea-god or sea dragon, and his rise to divine kingship. In The Conflict Myth and the Biblical Tradition, Debra Scoggins Ballentine analyzes this motif, arguing that it was used within ancient political and socio-religious discourses to bolster particular divine hierarchies, kings, institutions, and groups, as well as to attack others. Situating her study of the conflict topos within contemporary theorizations of myth by Bruce Lincoln, Russell McCutcheon, and Jonathan Z. Smith, Ballentine examines narratives of divine combat and instances of this conflict motif. Her study cuts across traditional disciplinary boundaries as well as constructed time periods, focusing not only on the Hebrew Bible but also incorporating Mesopotamian, early Jewish, early Christian, and rabbinic texts, spanning a period of almost three millennia - from the eighteenth century BCE to the early middle ages CE. The Conflict Myth and the Biblical Tradition advances our understanding of the conflict topos in ancient west Asian and early Jewish and Christian literatures and of how mythological and religious ideas are used both to validate and render normative particular ideologies and socio-political arrangements, and to delegitimize and invalidate others. Editorial Reviews "This is the most comprehensive discussion to date of the Conflict/Combat Myth in the Bible in the ancient Near East. It is also the first such study that is informed by the modern discussion of myth. A very useful book." - John J. Collins, Holmes Professor of Old Testament, Yale University "Debra Scoggins Ballantine has written a work of great insight, a sophisticated study that challenges us to rethink our existing understandings of the conflict myth in its various iterations. She navigates a wide spectrum of sources and builds a case with an equal measure of scholarly rigor and imagination. This is a major contribution and will find a central place in the ongoing discussion in the field." - Mark Leuchter, Associate Professor of Hebrew Bible and Ancient Judaism, Temple University "Ballentine's keen study is groundbreaking with its comprehensive analysis of the combat myth as ideological production. Building on the work of Bruce Lincoln and Jonathan Z. Smith on how myths encode hierarchical taxonomies, Ballentine deftly articulates the legitimizing and delegitimizing ideology of the conflict topos. Ballentine's nuanced and wide-ranging research (covering the combat myth from the Middle Bronze Age to the rabbinic period) will prove enlightening for all historians of religion." - Theodore J. Lewis, Blum-Iwry Professor of Near Eastern Studies, Johns Hopkins University About the Author Debra Scoggins Ballentine is an assistant professor in the Department of Religion at Rutgers, where she teaches courses on the Hebrew Bible and ancient Near Eastern religions.  Sharing Widget |