Jealousy in Context: The Social Implications of Emotions in the Hebrew Bible
Erin Villareal, "Jealousy in Context: The Social Implications of Emotions in the Hebrew Bible "
English | ISBN: 1575067366 | 2022 | 232 pages | PDF | 4 MB
English | ISBN: 1575067366 | 2022 | 232 pages | PDF | 4 MB
Attested as both a human and a divine expression, the biblical Hebrew term qinʾâ is most often translated as “jealousy” or “envy.” In this study, Erin Villareal makes the case for reading qinʾâ as more than a simple reference to an emotion, instead locating the term’s origins in ancient Israel’s social and legal spheres.
Jealousy in Context evaluates the socioliterary context of qinʾâ. Through a series of case studies examining this term as it is applied to residents, sister-wives, brothers, and husbands in biblical narrative passages, Villareal explains that qinʾâ is felt by people who experience a threat or disruption to their rights and status within a social arrangement or community and is therefore grounded in practical concerns that have social and juridical ramifications. Investigating examples of divine qinʾâ, Villareal shows that its social meaning was adapted into theological language about the Israelite deity and his relationship with the people of Israel, and that Yahweh expresses
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