Trauma and Traumatization in Individual and Collective Dimensions: Insights from Biblical Studies and Beyond (Studia Aarhusiana Neotestamentica (Sant), 2)

The Contributors Of This Volume Demonstrate How A Highly Developed Expertise In Interpreting Biblical And Cognate Literature Is A Substantial Part Of The Overall Discourse On The Historical, Literary, Social, Political, And Religious Dimensions Of Trauma In Past And Present. This Idea Is Based On The Assumption That Trauma Is Not Only A Modern Concept Which Derives From 20th Century Psychiatry: It Is An Ancient Phenomenon Already Which Predates Modern Discourses. Trauma Studies Will Thus Profit From How Theology -- Specifically Biblical Exegesis -- And The Humanities Deal With Trauma In Terms Of Religion, History, Sociology, And Politics. Part One: Individual And Existential Dimensions -- 'trauma Studies' And Exegesis: Challenges, Limits And Prospects / Eve-marie Becker -- Trauma And Mental Disorders: A Biomedical Approach / Raben Rosenberg -- Railway Spine, Shell Shock And Psychological Trauma: The Limits Of Retrospective Diagnosis / Nadine Metzger -- Post-traumatic Stress Disorder And The Book Of Job / Kirsten Nielsen -- Destroying The Internalized Perpetrator: A Healing Function Of The Violent Language Against The Enemies In The Psalms / Christopher G. Frechette -- Peter's Daughter: A Case Story From Late Antiquity / Jan Dochhorn -- Nec Sanabatur Vulnus Illud Meum (conf. 6.15): Trauma, Time, And Voice In Augustine's Confessions / Virginia Burrus -- Trauma And Sarcasm In Modern Austrian Literature: Thomas Bernhard's Novel Extinction / Burkhard Meyer-sickendiek -- Part Two: Collective Dimensions -- A Society Undergoing Trauma: Criminal Violence In Mexico And The Search For Justice And Hope / Roberto Castro And Joaquina Erviti -- Cultural Traumata In The Ancient Near East / Jan Dietrich -- Daughter Zion: Trauma, Cultural Memory And Gender In Ot Poetics / Else K. Holt -- Reading The Bible Through The Lens Of Trauma And Art / Louis Stulman -- The Traumatized Body: Communal Trauma And Somatization In Lamentations / Elizabeth Boase -- How Trauma Studies Can Contribute To Old Testament Studies / Kathleen M. O'connor -- Trauma And Old Testament: Some Problems And Prospects / Daniel L. Smith-christopher -- Individual And Collective Psychiatric Traumas In Ancient Historiographical Literature / Andreas Mehl -- Remembering Cultural Trauma: Sulla's Proscriptions, Roman Responses, And Christian Perspectives / Alexandra Eckert -- The Destruction Of The Jerusalem Temple As A Trauma For Nascent Christianity / Adele Reinhartz -- Handling Traumatic Events In Greek Past: Plutarch's 'political Precepts' As A Struggle Between Memory And Oblivion / Frank Ursin. Eve-marie Becker, Jan Dochhorn, Else Kragelund Holt (ed.). Papers Given At A Conference Held June 6-9, 2012 At Aarhus University. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.

The contributors of this volume demonstrate how a highly developed expertise in interpreting Biblical and cognate literature is a substantial part of the overall discourse on the historical, literary, social, political, and religious dimensions of trauma in past and present. This idea is based on the assumption that trauma is not only a modern concept which derives from 20th century psychiatry: It is an ancient phenomenon already which predates modern discourses. Trauma studies will thus profit from how Theology - specifically Biblical exegesis - and the Humanities deal with trauma in terms of religion, history, sociology, and politics.