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Document Details : Title: Neglected Physical Dimensions of 'Shame' Terminology in the Hebrew Bible Author(s): LYNCH, Matthew J. Journal: Biblica Volume: 91 Issue: 4 Date: 2010 Pages: 499-517 DOI: 10.2143/BIB.91.4.3188882 Abstract : Psychological and social paradigms have dominated translations and interpretations of shame terminology in the Hebrew Bible. Scholars often adopt modern notions of shame as either internal feelings of worthlessness or external social sanction, and then apply those notions to the biblical text. I suggest that there is need to re-evaluate whether or not such psychological and social frames are appropriate to biblical terminology of shame. My essay contends that shame terms, such as בוש, כלם, and their cognates and synonyms, frequently denote the experience of 'diminishment' or 'harm' in ways far more physical than typically reflected in modern renderings. |
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