Isabelle M. Hamley is currently Chaplain to the Archbishop of Canterbury, having previously held posts at St John's College Nottingham and the University of Nottingham.
"Judges 19-21, the story of the Levite's concubine and ensuing
civil war, represents a kind of nadir in the Old Testament. Yet its
issues of violence (especially against women) and victimization are
enduring realities. So how should this material be understood as a
sacred text? Isabelle Hamley finds valuable resources in the work
of Luce Irigaray for a fresh reading of the biblical text and for a
fresh conceptualization of how best to appropriate it in the
context of Christian faith. This is an important contribution to
contemporary biblical interpretation."
--Walter Moberly, Professor of Theology & Biblical Interpretation,
Durham University.
"This powerful, scholarly reading of a very difficult text is
written with rigorous argument, yet always with an eye towards the
wider implications for how we identify and call out gender-based
violence. Hamley makes excellent use of the work of Irigaray on
'othering' to produce a compelling and significant reading of
Judges 19-21."
--Jenni Williams, Tutor in Old Testament, Wycliffe Hall, Oxford
"This is a close reading of a text which we can be tempted to
overlook because of what it covers--gang rape, murder, forced
marriage, and civil war. Reverend Dr. Isabelle Hamley brings the
rigor and depth you'd expect from an academic, tackling these
chapters head on, along with prophetic insight as she explores the
questions Judges 19-21 pose for us today. I wholeheartedly commend
this work not just as an important contribution to the study of the
Old Testament, but as an encouragement to all of us to discover
what the whole of the Bible has to tell us about who we are and how
we live."
--Justin Welby, Archbishop of Canterbury
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