Trauma Theories: Refractions in the Book of Jeremiah
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A first of its kind, this monograph examines five common trauma theories used within biblical studies, setting out the assumptions and implications of each and using passages from the book of Jeremiah to demonstrate interpretive possibilities. Trauma Theories highlights the interdisciplinary character of trauma hermeneutics and demonstrates the distinctive contribution each approach offers for biblical interpreters.
A first of its kind, this monograph examines five common trauma theories used within biblical studies, setting out the assumptions and implications of each and using passages from the book of Jeremiah to demonstrate interpretive possibilities. Trauma Theories highlights the interdisciplinary character of trauma hermeneutics and demonstrates the distinctive contribution each approach offers for biblical interpreters.
In her exploration of trauma theories, Elizabeth Boase treats each school of thought separately, tracing its disciplinary roots and its underlying convictions about language and memory. At the same time, she argues for the importance of understanding the way each theory accounts for the place of texts in a communal setting, suggesting that it is the communal impact of trauma that is key to reading biblical texts.
Boase uses passages from the Book of Jeremiah as case studies, showcasing how different theories offer diverse ways of understanding the impact of suffering experienced during the time of the Babylonian incursion on Judah and Jerusalem in the sixth century BCE.
This volume will be an invaluable resource for newcomers to the field of biblical trauma hermeneutics and for those more familiar with these approaches.
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| Table of Contents | Contents Introduction Chapter 1 1. The Neo-Babylonian Period Chapter 2 1. Trauma as Missed Experience Chapter 3 1. Trauma and Linguistic Possibility 10. Conclusions Chapter 4 1. Cultural Trauma Chapter 5 1. Large Group-Identity and the Intergenerational Transmission of Trauma Chapter 6 1. Trauma and the Body Conclusion |
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Mark G. Brett –
Elizabeth Boase expertly surveys the bewildering range of trauma theories that have recently emerged, in all their psychological, literary and sociological permutations. She provides lucid summaries of the leading research paradigms and the critiques they have generated. Boase shows how each school of thought has impacted research on the Bible and makes more specific proposals for how trauma theories can illuminate the book of Jeremiah. This remarkable synthesis establishes a new benchmark for interdisciplinary research in biblical studies.
Mark G. Brett, University of Divinity, Melbourne
Louis Stulman –
(this is) perhaps the most important work on trauma and biblical studies to date, at least that I’ve read.
And it is not only a major contribution to biblical studies…so thorough and nuanced, you’ve made an important contribution to the broader body of literature on human suffering. I love how you introduce us to Boochani and integrate his work and life into these pages.
Here are a few of my key words for your book: theoretically sophisticated, artfully written, accessible to a wide audience, judicious, exegetically rich, rooted deeply in visceral pain, and both a primer on trauma theory and itself a therapeutic reading.
Louis Stulman, Findlay University