Rape Culture in the House of David: A Company of Men

Rape Culture in the House of David: A Company of Men reveals a biblical rape culture sustained and maintained by Yhwh and men, with alliances and networks supporting the use and abuse of women's bodies and valorizing sexualized violence against other men. Barbara Thiede argues that exposing and naming rape culture in biblical literature is essential in social, economic, and political realms, and this book is a valuable feminist intervention in the field of biblical studies.

Format: Hardback
Length: 112 pages
Publication date: 25 April 2022
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Rape Culture in the House of David: A Company of Men describes a biblical rape culture sustained and maintained by Yhwh and a host of men—from royal kings and princes to their relatives, counselors, generals, and servants.

This volume reveals that sexual violence in the house of David is not simply perpetrated by its most powerful men. Rather, in the pursuit of power, status, authority, and honor, men form alliances and networks that support the use and abuse of women’s bodies and valorize sexualized violence against other men. The man who is most capable of sexual violence is Israel’s ideal king.

Barbara Thiede deftly addresses the power and contemporary relevance of these narratives and argues that exposing and naming rape culture in biblical literature is essential—in social, economic, and political realms.

This is a meaningful feminist intervention in the field of biblical studies and is of great benefit to graduate students and scholars of religion, gender studies, and masculinity studies.

The Open Access version of this book, available at http://www.taylorfrancis.com, has been made available under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives (CC BY-NC-ND) 4.0 license

Weight: 380g
Dimension: 216 x 138 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9780367857615