Sexual Violence in History: A Bibliography

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Start: Topical Index: Representations: Religious Texts: Biblical Texts:

Representations: Religious Texts:
BOOKS OF SAMUEL

G e n e r a l   I n f o r m a t i o n

»The Book of Samuel (Sefer Shmuel) is a book in the Hebrew Bible, found as two books (1-2 Samuel) in the Old Testament. The book is part of the Deuteronomistic history, a series of books (Joshua, Judges, Samuel, and Kings) that constitute a theological history of the Israelites and that aim to explain God's law for Israel under the guidance of the prophets.« -- More information: Wikipedia



General

K e y w o r d s

I. Chronological Index: Ancient History: Israelite History


B i b l i o g r a p h y

I. Author Index

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II. Speaker Index

[Info] Firth, David, chair. »Book of Samuel: Narrative, Theology and Interpretation / Biblical Ethics.« Annual Meeting of the Society of Biblical Literature. Virtual 2020.

[Info] Kovalishyn, Mariam K. »Response.« Annual Meeting of the Society of Biblical Literature. Virtual 2020.

[Info] Müllner, Ilse. »Frightening Continuities: Reading Stories on Sexual Violence in the Book of Samuel Today.« Annual Meeting of the Society of Biblical Literature. Virtual 2020.



1 Samuel 2

K e y w o r d s

I. Chronological Index: Ancient History: Israelite History


B i b l i o g r a p h y

I. Author Index

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II. Speaker Index

[Info] Smith, Grace. »Violence against women used violently against men: a case of women at Shiloh and the men Benjamin and Israel.« Annual Meeting of the Society of Biblical Literature. San Antonio 2023.



2 Samuel 11

K e y w o r d s

I. Chronological Index: Ancient History: Israelite History | II. Geographical Index: Asian History: Israeli History | III. Topical Index: Types: General: Rape; Cases: Biblical Offenders: David; Biblical Victims: Bathsheba


B i b l i o g r a p h y

I. Author Index

[Info] Abasili, Alexander I. »Was It Rape? The David and Bathsheba Pericope Re-examined.« Vetus Testamentum 61 (2011): 1-15.

[Info] Abasili, Alexander. The Understanding of Adultery in the Hebrew Bible and in Igbo Culture. Ph.D. Thesis, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, 2012.

[Info] Abasili, Alexander I. The Understanding of Adultery in the Hebrew Bible: A Critical Survey. Bloomington 2016.

[Info] Ademiluka, Solomon O. »Interpreting the David-Bathsheba narrative (2 Sm 11:2-4) as a response by the church in Nigeria to masculine abuse of power for sexual assault.« HTS Teologiese Studies 77(4) (2021).

[Info] Andruska, Jennifer. »Rape« in the Syntax of 2 Samuel 11:4.« Zeitschrift für die alttestamentliche Wissenschaft 129 (2017): 103-109.

[Info] Bailey, Randall C. David in Love and War: The Pursuit of Power in 2 Samuel 10-12. Sheffield 1990.

[Info] Bal, Mieke. Femmes imaginaires: L'Ancien Testament au risque d'une narratologie critique. Utrecht 1986.

[Info] Bal, Mieke. Lethal Love: Feminist Literary Readings of Biblical Love Stories. Bloomington 1987.

[Info] Davidson, Richard M. »Did David Rape Bathsheba? A Case Study in Narrative Theology.« Journal of the Adventist Theological Society 17 (2006): 81-95.

[Info] Masenya, Madipoane. »Reading hegemonic masculinities in 2 Samuel 11 in the South African contexts.« Stellenbosch Theological Journal 5 (2019): 399-419.

[Info] Nicol, George G. »The alleged rape of Bathsheba. Some observations on ambiguity in biblical narrative.« Journal for the study of the Old Testament 22 (1997): 43-54.

[Info] Stiebert, Johanna. Rape Myths, the Bible, and #MeToo. New York 2019.

II. Speaker Index

[Info] Jarrard, Eric X. »Palace to Penthouse: Sexual Violence, Consent, and Power in 2 Samuel 11 and HBO's Girls.« Annual Meeting of the Society of Biblical Literature. Boston 2017.

[Info] Junker, Yohana. »he Painted Bathsheba: Unsettling the Gaze.« Annual Meeting of the Society of Biblical Literature. Boston 2017.

[Info] Lamb, David T. »Still Blaming the Victim? David's Rape of Bathsheba.« Annual Meeting of the Society of Biblical Literature. Boston 2017.

[Info] Schmitt, Mary. »Bathsheba and a Theology of Suffering.« Annual Meeting of the Society of Biblical Literature. Denver 2018.



2 Samuel 13

K e y w o r d s

I. Chronological Index: Ancient History: Israelite History | II. Geographical Index: Asian History: Israeli History | III. Topical Index: Types: General: Rape; Cases: Biblical Offenders: Amnon; Biblical Victims: Tamar


B i b l i o g r a p h y

I. Author Index

[Info] Bader, Mary A. Sexual Violation in the Hebrew Bible: A Multi-Methodological Study of Genesis 34 and 2 Samuel 13. New York 2006.

[Info] Bail, Ulrike. Gegen das Schweigen klagen: Eine intertextuelle Studie zu den Klagepsalmen Ps 6 und Ps 55 und der Erzählung von der Vergewaltigung Tamars. Gütersloh 1998.

[Info] Barstad, Hans M. »What is Wrong With the Old Testament? Some Reflections on War and Violence in the Hebrew Bible.« Theology in Scotland 14 (2007): 5-17.

[Info] Begg, Christopher T. »The Rape of Tamar (2 Samuel 13) according to Josephus.« Estudios bíblicos 54 (1996): 465-500.

[Info] Bukowski, Sylvia. »2. Samuel 13,1-22. Tamar, sexueller Mißbrauch in Davids Familie: Judika (5. Sonntag der Passionszeit).« Mit Eva predigen. Ein anderes Perikopenbuch. Edited by Mieke Korenhof. Düsseldorf 1996: 105-110.

[Info] Claassens, L. Juliana M. Claiming Her Dignity: Female Resistance in the Old Testament. Collegeville 2016.

[Info] Claassens, L. Juliana M. »Trauma and Recovery: A New Hermeneutical Framework for the Rape of Tamar (2 Samuel 13).« Bible through the Lens of Trauma. Edited by Elizabeth Boase et al. Atlanta 2016: 177-192.

[Info] de Sousa, Jhonathan J., et al. »A violência contra as mulheres: uma releitura a partir do caso de Amnon e Tamar narrado em 2 Samuel 13.« Coisas do Gênero 10 (2024): 220-237.

[Info] Downey, H.R. Removing Homosexuality from Sodom: Contextualizing Genesis 19 with Other Biblical Rape Narratives. Master Thesis, Wright State University, 2017.

[Info] Feinglass, Abraham. »The rape of Tamar.« Jewish bible quarterly 20 (1992): 174-181.

[Info] Gray, Mark. »Amnon - a chip off the old block? Rhetorical strategy in 2 Samuel 13.7-15, the rape of Tamar and the humiliation of the poor.« Journal for the study of the Old Testament 23 (1998): 39-54.

[Info] Kaske, R.E. »Amnon and Thamar on a misericord in Hereford Cathedral.« Traditio 45 (1990): 1-6.

[Info] Keefe, Alice A. »Rapes of women, wars of men.« Semeia 61 (1993): 79-97.

[Info] Ladner, Gertraud. »"Gott, befreie meine Kehle" (Ps 6,5): (Sexualisierte) Gewalt in der Familie in theologischer Perspektive.« Sexualität, Macht und Gewalt: Anstöße für die sexualpädagogische Arbeit mit Kindern und Jugendlichen. Edited by Silvia Arzt et al. Wiesbaden 2018: 113-130.

[Info] Langenhorst, Annegret. »Sprich nicht darüber, meine Schwester Tamar. Unterrichtsvorschläge zu 2 Sam 13,1-22 ab Klasse 9.« Katechetische Blätter 127 (2002): 25-29.

[Info] Létourneau, Anne. »Culture du viol et poil castrateur: Tamar, fille de David, dans le traité Sanhédrin 21a du Talmud de Babylone.« Studies in Religion 49 (2020): 236-252.

[Info] Musendekwa, Menard. »The Unmerited Marginalization of Victims of Gender-based Sexual Violence in 2 Samuel.« The Bible and Gender troubles in Africa: Papers presented at the BiAS meeting 2016 in Harare (Zimbabwe) with several additional contributions. Edited by Joachim Kügler et al. Bamberg 2019: 61-71.

[Info] Paik, Seunghoon. »폭력의 연쇄반응: 구약의 성폭력 내러티브 연구.« 구약논단 30 (2024): 111-140.

[Info] Park, You-mee. »성폭력, 개인의 문제인가 사회적 문제인가? 구약의 ‘여성 성폭력-전쟁’의 패턴에 대한 연구.« 구약논단 24 (2018): 125-155.

[Info] Reis, Pamela T. »Cupidity and stupidity. Woman's agency and the "rape" of Tamar.« Journal of the Ancient Near Eastern Society 25 (1998): 43-60.

[Info] Reis, Pamela T. »Cupidity and stupidity. Woman's agency and the "rape" of Tamar.« Reading the lines. A fresh look at the Hebrew Bible. By Pamela T. Reis. Peabody 2002: 169-196.

[Info] Ridout, George. »The rape of Tamar. A rhetorical analysis of 2 Sam13:1-22.« Rhetorical criticism. Essays in honor of James Muilenburg. Edited by Jared J. Jackson et al. Pittsburgh 1974: 75-84.

[Info] Rudman, Dominic. »Reliving the rape of Tamar; Absalom's revenge in 2 Samuel 13.« Old Testament essays 11 (1998): 326-339.

[Info] Schulte, Leah R. The Absence of God in Biblical Rape Narratives. Minneapolis 2017.

[Info] Smith, Amanda. A Thing Not Done in Israel. M.A. Thesis, University of Georgia at Athens, 2006.

[Info] Stiebert, Johanna. Rape Myths, the Bible, and #MeToo. New York 2019.

[Info] Tan, Nancy N.H. Resisting Rape Culture: The Hebrew Bible and Hong Kong Sex Workers. London 2020.

[Info] Trible, Phyllis. Texts of terror. Literary-feminist readings of biblical narratives. Philadelphia 1984.

[Info] Trible, Phyllis. Mein Gott, warum hast du mich vergessen! Frauenschicksale im Alten Testament. Gütersloh 1987.

[Info] van der Walt, Charlene. »Hearing Tamar's voice: How the margin hears differently. Contextual readings of 2 Samuel 13:1-22.« lectio difficilior No. 2 (2011).

[Info] van Dijk-Hemmes, Fokkelien. »Tamar and the Limits of Patriarchy: Between Rape and Seduction (2 Samuel 13 and Genesis 38).« Anti-Covenant: Counter-Reading Women's Lives in the Hebrew Bible. Edited by Mieke Bal. Sheffield 1989: 135-156.

[Info] West, Gerald O. »Jesus, Joseph and Tamar Stripped: Trans-textual and Intertextual Resources for Engaging Sexual Violence Against Men.« When Did We See You Naked? Jesus as a Victim of Sexual Abuse. Edited by Jayme R. Reaves et al. London 2021: 110- .

[Info] Woodbridge, Noel, et al. »A Biblical, Psychological and Moral Analysis of the Rape of Tamar in 2 Samuel 13: A Pastoral Response.« Conspectus 25 (2018): 106-123.

[Info] Yamada, Frank M. Configurations of Rape in the Hebrew Bible: A Literary Analysis of Three Rape Narratives. Ph.D. Thesis, Princeton Theological Seminary, 2004.

[Info] Yamada, Frank M. Configurations of Rape in the Hebrew Bible: A Literary Analysis of Three Rape Narratives. New York 2008.

II. Speaker Index

[Info] Adelman, Rachel. »The Rape of Tamar as a Prefiguration for the Fate of Fair Zion (Bat Tzion).« Annual Meeting of the Society of Biblical Literature. Denver 2018.

[Info] Bledstein, Adrien J. »Abuse and Recovery: Telling the Story.« Annual Meeting of the Society of Biblical Literature. Boston 2008.

[Info] Bledstein, Adrien J. »Abuse and Recovery, 2 Samuel 13:1-22: Telling the Story.«International Meeting of the Society of Biblical Literature. Rome 2009.

[Info] Bohmbach, Karla G. »A Problematic of Rape: Shechem and Amnon "Become Men".« Annual Meeting of the Society of Biblical Literature. San Francisco 2011.

[Info] Claassens, L. Juliana. »Mourning and Resistance: Trauma Perspectives on the Rape of Tamar (2 Samuel 13).« Annual Meeting of the Society of Biblical Literature. Baltimore 2013.

[Info] Dion, Marie-France, et al. »Tamar's Rape and the Coping Mechanisms of Victim, Abuser, Family, and Accomplices.« International Meeting of the Society of Biblical Literature. St. Andrews 2013.

[Info] Ha, SungAe. »Reading Tamar in the Context of Korean "Comfort Women" and "Me Too" Movement.« Annual Meeting of the Society of Biblical Literature. Denver 2018.

[Info] Homan, Michael M. »Date Rape: How Palm Tree Sexuality Elucidates the Biblical Tales of Tamar.« 31st Annual Conference of the Association for Jewish Studies. Chicago 1999.

[Info] Kline, Joanna G. »The Sense of Speech in the Story of the Rape of Tamar (2 Samuel 13).« Annual Meeting of the Society of Biblical Literature. Boston 2017.

[Info] Kunz-Lücke, Andreas. »"Behind closed doors and beyond sight": The Story of the Rape of Tamar in 2 Sam 13, 1-22 in the Light of Deu 22, 14-29.« International Meeting of the Society of Biblical Literature. London 2011.

[Info] Kunz-Lücke, Andreas. »"Behind Closed Doors and Beyond Sight": The Story of the Rape of Tamar in 2 Samuel 13:1-22 in Light of Deuteronomy 22:14-29.« International Meeting of the Society of Biblical Literature. London 2011.

[Info] Ramantswana, Hulisani. »Wathint' umfazi, wathint' imbokodo (You Strike a Woman, You Strike a Rock): Dinah and Tamar as Rape Protestors; The Unsung Heroines in the Rape Stories.« Annual Meeting of the Society of Biblical Literature. Denver 2018.

[Info] Song, Angeline. »amar, Two Readings of the Story.« International Meeting of the Society of Biblical Literature. Tartu 2010.

[Info] Thiede, Barbara. »Bromance in Bible: How Male-Male Friendships in Biblical Literature Can Teach Students about the Use and Misuse of Women and Women's Bodies.« Annual Meeting of the Society of Biblical Literature. Denver 2018.

[Info] van der Walt, Charlene. »Hearing Tamar's Voice: How the Margin Hears Differently: Contextual Readings of 2 Samuel 13:1-22.« International Meeting of the Society of Biblical Literature. London 2011.

[Info] van Wijk-Bos, Johanna W.H. »Breaking the Silence: The Violation of Tamar in 2 Samuel 13.« Annual Meeting of the Society of Biblical Literature. Virtual 2020.



2 Samuel 15-20

K e y w o r d s

Chronological Index: Ancient History: Israelite History | Topical Index: Types: General: Rape; Cases: Biblical Offenders: Absalom

B i b l i o g r a p h y

I. Author Index

[Info] Musendekwa, Menard. »The Unmerited Marginalization of Victims of Gender-based Sexual Violence in 2 Samuel.« The Bible and Gender troubles in Africa: Papers presented at the BiAS meeting 2016 in Harare (Zimbabwe) with several additional contributions. Edited by Joachim Kügler et al. Bamberg 2019: 61-71.

[Info] Solvang, Elna K. »Guarding the house: Conflict, rape, and David's concubines.« Sex in Antiquity: Exploring Gender and Sexuality in the Ancient World. Edited Mark Masterson et al. New York 2015: 50-66.

[Info] Tombs, David. »Abandonment, Rape, and Second Abandonment: Hannah Baker in 13 Reasons Why and the Royal Concubines in 2 Samuel 15-20.« Rape Culture, Gender Violence, and Religion: Biblical Perspectives. Edited by Caroline Blyth et al. Cham 2018: 117-142.

II. Speaker Index

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