Aesthetics of Violence in the Prophets

Julia M. O'Brien is Professor of Old Testament, Lancaster Theological Seminary Chris Franke is Professor of Old Testament/Hebrew Bible at the College of St. Katherine in St. Paul, Minnesota

• Cynthia Chapman, Oberlin College"The Aesthetics of Empire: The Depiction and Bracketing of Violence in theAssyrian Palace Reliefs"Daniel Smith-Christopher, Loyola Marymount University"Micah 1-2: On The Pleasures of Prophetic Judgment" Corrine Carvalho, University of Saint Thomas"The Beauty of the Bloody God: The Divine Warrior in Prophetic Literature"Julia M. O'Brien, Lancaster Theological Seminary"Violent Pictures, Violent Cultures? The ‘Aesthetics of Violence' in Contemporary Film and in Ancient Prophetic Texts "Robert D. Haak, Augustana College"Mapping Violence in the Prophets"Mary Mills, Liverpool Hope University, UK"Divine Violence in the Book of Amos" Carolyn Sharp, Yale Divinity School"Hewn By the Prophet: An Analysis of Violence and Sexual Transgression in Hosea With Reference to the Homiletical Aesthetic of Jeremiah Wright"Yvonne Sherwood, University of Glasgow"‘Tongue-Lashing' or a Prophetic Aesthetics of Violation: An Analysis of Prophetic Structures that Reverberate Beyond the Biblical World"Chris Franke, title TBA

‘Originating from a 2006 session at the Society of Biblical Literature, this excellent and timely volume explores the complex synergy among violence, rhetoric, aesthetics and audience impact in the prophets and their contemporary analogues.'