Was It Something I Read?
Bloody, Brutal and Barbaric? Ep. 5 War Rape, Part 2
Summary
In an equally difficult second part to our conversation on war rape, we begin to unpack what Ancient Near Eastern war practices looked like with regards to enemy women, in order to understand how the law in Deuteronomy 21:10-14 makes improvements. Though the specifics of the law remain reprehensible to our current values, it does become evident that in ancient Israel, even captive brides are given a level of status and consideration that is completely unprecedented in the ancient world.
Notes
1) Helen Paynter’s book The Bible Doesn’t Tell Me So https://www.amazon.ca/Bible-Doesnt-Tell-Me-So/dp/0857469894/
2) Helen Paynter’s 2018 Whitley Lecture Dead and Buried?: attending to the voices of the victim in the Old Testament and today available:
3) Ashley Hibbard’s seminar “By Faith, They Still Speak” at the Stoney Creek Church of Christ weekend “Keep Listening: Hearing Victims’ Voices” (audio improves dramatically about two minutes in!)
"By Faith They Still Speak" -- Keep Listening Seminar, October, 2021
4) Our thanks and appreciation to our partners:
This podcast is a production of the Centre for the Study of Bible and Violence.
https://www.csbvbristol.org.uk/
Podcast cover art by Studio of Broken Things
https://www.facebook.com/ISA4048
Intro music "Br1ghter" by Tape Machines, Le June, Nbhd Nick
Summary
In an equally difficult second part to our conversation on war rape, we begin to unpack what Ancient Near Eastern war practices looked like with regards to enemy women, in order to understand how the law in Deuteronomy 21:10-14 makes improvements. Though the specifics of the law remain reprehensible to our current values, it does become evident that in ancient Israel, even captive brides are given a level of status and consideration that is completely unprecedented in the ancient world.
Notes
1) Helen Paynter’s book The Bible Doesn’t Tell Me So https://www.amazon.ca/Bible-Doesnt-Tell-Me-So/dp/0857469894/
2) Helen Paynter’s 2018 Whitley Lecture Dead and Buried?: attending to the voices of the victim in the Old Testament and today available:
3) Ashley Hibbard’s seminar “By Faith, They Still Speak” at the Stoney Creek Church of Christ weekend “Keep Listening: Hearing Victims’ Voices” (audio improves dramatically about two minutes in!)
"By Faith They Still Speak" -- Keep Listening Seminar, October, 2021
4) Our thanks and appreciation to our partners:
This podcast is a production of the Centre for the Study of Bible and Violence.
https://www.csbvbristol.org.uk/
Podcast cover art by Studio of Broken Things
https://www.facebook.com/ISA4048
Intro music "Br1ghter" by Tape Machines, Le June, Nbhd Nick