Pain in Biblical Texts and Other Materials of the Ancient Mediterranean

Michaela Bauks (Herausgegeben von) Born 1962; PhD University of Heidelberg; HDR University of Strasbourg; 1995−2005 professor of Old Testament at the Faculté de Théologie Protestante, Montpellier; since 2005 professor of Old Testament and Religious History at the University of Koblenz.Saul M. Olyan (Herausgegeben von) Born 1959; PhD Harvard University; 1985−87 assistant professor of Religious Studies, University of Winnipeg; 1987−92 assistant professor of Religious Studies, Yale University; since 1992 professor of Religious Studies and Judaic Studies, Brown University.

• Michaela Bauks: The Study of Pain in Historical Anthropology − Saul M. Olyan: Approaches to the Study of Pain in Ancient Texts − Michaela Bauks/Saul M. Olyan: Introduction to the VolumeI. The Hebrew Bible, Cuneiform Texts, and Material Remains of the Iron AgeAndreas Wagner: Schmerz im Alten Testament − Michaela Bauks: Pain in Childbirth - Gen 3:16 in Inner-Biblical Exegesis − Saul M. Olyan: Pain Imposed: The Psychological Torture of Enemies through Ritual Acts in Biblical and Cuneiform Sources − Christian Frevel: "Seht meinen Schmerz!" Rhetorik der Schmerzen in Klgl 1 − Judith Gärtner: "Und mein Schmerz steht mir immer vor Augen" (Ps 38,18) - Schmerz als Ausdrucksform in den Psalmen am Beispiel von Ps 38 − Rüdiger Schmitt: Mourning and Grief in Iron Age Coroplastic Arts from Palestine/Israel − Bernd Janowski: Der Schmerz Gottes. Zu einem wichtigen Zug im biblischen GottesbildII. The Greek Bible, Greek Traditions, Apocryphal/Deuterocanonical Texts, and Early Christian MaterialsMartin F. Meyer: Schmerz. Bedeutung und Konzepte in der griechischen Literatur der Antike − Annette Weissenrieder: The Unpleasant Sight: Sickness, Pain, and Bodily Fragmentation in LXX Job − Beate Ego: "Gott wird dich gewiss bald heilen" (Tob 5,14) - Schmerz und Heilung in der Tobiterzählung − Christina Risch: Pain in the Apocryphon of JohnIII. Rabbinic TextsLennart Lehmhaus: Where Does it Hurt (Most)? Semantics and Perceptions of Pain in Ancient Rabbinic Traditions − Jonathan Schofer: Pain and Punishment in Mishnaic Law: Mishnah Makkot 3:1