Getting a feel for the "mixed" and "vexed" study of emotions in biblical literature / F. Scott Spencer -- The central role of emotions in biblical theology, biblical ethics, and popular conceptions of the bible / Matthew Richard Schlimm -- A prototype of biblical hate : Joseph's brothers (Genesis 37) / Deena Grant -- From fear's narcissism to participatory imagination : disrupting disgust and overcoming the fear of Israel's Ḥērem laws / L. Juliana Claassens -- Disgust in body, mind, and language : the case of impurity in the Hebrew bible / Thomas Kazen -- Understanding grief and reading the Bible / David A. Bosworth -- Mourning over sin/affliction and the problem of "emotion" as a category in the Hebrew Bible / David A. Lambert -- Emotion, repentance, and the question of the "inner life" of biblical Israelites : a case study in Hosea 6:1-3 / Dennis Olson -- The pride of Babylon in Isaiah 47 revisited in light of the theory of self-conscious emotions / Antony Dhas Prakasam -- God and the "happiness formula" : the ethos and ethics of happiness / Samuel E. Balentine -- "Your faith has made you well" (Mark 5:34; 10:52) : emotional dynamics of trustful engagement with Jesus in Mark's gospel / F. Scott Spencer -- Not "hardened hearts" but "petrified hearts" (Mark 6:52) : the challenge to assimilate and accommodate the vastness of Jesus in Mark 6:45-52 / Ivar Vegge -- Reflexivity and emotion in narratological perspective : reading joy in the Lukan narrative / Michal Beth Dinkler -- Why the Johannine Jesus weeps at the tomb of Lazarus / Stephen D. Moore -- When enough is never enough : philosophers, poets, Peter, and Paul on insatiable desire / David E. Fredrickson -- The missing emotion : the absence of anger and the promotion of nonretaliation in 1 Peter / Katherine M. Hockey -- Afterword / David Konstan.
Summary:
"This ground-breaking collection of essays explores the rich array of emotions in biblical literature displayed by divine and human figures. How do biblical characters' "feelings" affect their relationship with God, one another, and the world? How do they mix together, for good or ill, for flourishing or vexation? Deeply engaged with both ancient and modern contexts, including the burgeoning interdisciplinary study of emotion in the humanities and sciences, an international team of Hebrew Bible and New Testament scholars offers incisive case studies of "passions" ranging from joy, happiness, and trust to grief, hate, and disgust"-- Provided by publisher.
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