TY - BOOK
T1 - YHWH and Israel in the Book of Judges
T2 - An Object-Relations Analysis
AU - Guest, Deryn
PY - 2018/12
Y1 - 2018/12
N2 - In the Book of Judges the narrator presents an image of the good parent YHWH whose enduring love and loyalty is offset by his wayward child Israel who defaults on the relationship repeatedly. Biblical scholars have largely concurred, demonstrating the many faults of Israel while siding with YHWH’s privileged viewpoint. When object-relations theory (which examines how human beings relate to each other) is applied to Judges, a different story emerges. In its capacity to illuminate why and how relationships can be intense, problematic, rewarding, and enduring, object-relations theory reveals how both YHWH and Israel have attachment needs that are played out vividly in the story world. This book reveals how its narrator engages in a variety of psychological strategies to mask suppressed rage as he engages in an intriguing but rather dysfunctional masochistic dance with a dominant deity who has reputation needs.
AB - In the Book of Judges the narrator presents an image of the good parent YHWH whose enduring love and loyalty is offset by his wayward child Israel who defaults on the relationship repeatedly. Biblical scholars have largely concurred, demonstrating the many faults of Israel while siding with YHWH’s privileged viewpoint. When object-relations theory (which examines how human beings relate to each other) is applied to Judges, a different story emerges. In its capacity to illuminate why and how relationships can be intense, problematic, rewarding, and enduring, object-relations theory reveals how both YHWH and Israel have attachment needs that are played out vividly in the story world. This book reveals how its narrator engages in a variety of psychological strategies to mask suppressed rage as he engages in an intriguing but rather dysfunctional masochistic dance with a dominant deity who has reputation needs.
KW - YHWH
KW - Israel
KW - Psychology
KW - Object-Relations theory
UR - https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/yhwh-and-israel-in-the-book-of-judges/1DC72A504FADFB4A297279336BD32111
UR - https://www.cambridge.org/gb/academic/subjects/religion/biblical-studies-old-testament-hebrew-bible/yhwh-and-israel-book-judges-object-relations-analysis?format=HB
U2 - 10.1017/9781108568562
DO - 10.1017/9781108568562
M3 - Book
SN - 9781108476508
SN - 9781108700924
T3 - Society for Old Testament Study Monographs
BT - YHWH and Israel in the Book of Judges
PB - Cambridge University Press
CY - Cambridge
ER -