Trible on the woman from Bethlehem


Trible on Judges 19-21

Impressions

Major horrors


Interpretive tools used by Trible

Rhetorical criticism - descriptive analysis of persuasive communication

Text criticism - comparing different ancient manuscripts

Redaction criticism

Canonical criticism

History of interpretation

Reader response


Other women in early Israel

Deborah - woman judge

Ruth - cute story that condones intermarriage

Yael - woman who kills an enemy of Israel

Yael

Review of tools of interpretation

Archaeology

Rhetorical c.

Form c.

Source c.

Redaction c.

Canonical c.

Text c.

Typology (pre)

Reader-response (post)