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Reading Phinehas, Watching Slashers: Horror Theory and Numbers 25

by Brandon R. Grafius

  • Hardback
  • Publisher: Fortress Academic
  • 15.3 x 22.9 x 1.8 cm

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The tale of the \"zeal\" of Phineas, expressed when he killed an Israelite man and a Midianite woman having sex and thus stopped a \"plague\" of consorting with idolatrous neighbors in the Israelite camp (Numbers 25), has long attracted both interest and revulsion. Scholars have sought to defend the account, to explain it as pious fiction, or to protest its horrific violence. Brandon R. Grafius seeks to understand how the tale expresses the latent anxieties of the Israelite society that produced it, combining the insights of historical criticism with those of contemporary horror and monster theory. Grafius compares Israelite anxieties concerning ethnic boundaries and community organization with similar anxieties apparent in horror films of the 1980s, then finds confirmation for his method in the responses of Roman-period readers who reacted to the tale of Phineas as a tale of horror. The combination of methods allows Grafius to illumine the concern of an ancient priestly class to control unsettled and unsettling community boundaries‒‒and to raise questions of implications for our own time.
Reading Phinehas, Watching Slashers: Horror Theory and Numbers 25 and Searching For Meaning
Searching For MeaningReading Phinehas, Watching Slashers: Horror Theory and Numbers 25

  • Author

    Brandon R. Grafius

  • Book Format

    Hardback

  • Publisher

    Fortress Academic

  • Published

    March 2018

  • Weight

    500g

  • Dimensions

    15.3 x 22.9 x 1.8 cm

  • ISBN

    9781978701205

  • ISBN-10

    1978701209

  • Eden Code

    4707797

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