Pain in Biblical texts and other materials of the ancient Mediterranean Forschungen zum Alten Testament., 130./ edited by Michaela Bauks, Saul M. Olyan.

"This volume includes a wide range of studies on pain and its representation in texts and non-literary remains of the ancient Eastern Mediterranean, suggesting both the richness and complexity of the topic and the need for scholars to address it from a variety of perspectives. The essays engage the subject of pain and its representation in a multitude of ways, including consideration of the representation of physical pain, of psychological anguish, and the often complex relationship between the two. Several essays focus on the representation of pain in a particular genre of ancient literature such as Greek medical texts, narratives, prophetic texts, poetry, or legal texts. The volume also explores descriptions of concrete pain and the metaphorical use of pain imagery and idioms, as well as pain's relationship to shame, illness and torture. Finally, both communal and individual dimensions of pain are of interest to the contributors, as is the role pain might have had in ritual action and the part rites might play in the imposition of pain."--Publisher.Introduction / I. The Hebrew Bible, Cuneiform Texts, and Material Remains of the Iron Age -- II. The Greek Bible, Greek Traditions, Apocryphal/Deuterocanonical Texts and Early Christian Materials -- III. Rabbinic Texts -- Michaela Bauks, Saul M. Olyan -- Andreas Wagner -- Michaela Bauks -- Saul M. Olyan -- Christian Frevel -- Judith Gärtner -- Rüdiger Schmitt -- Bernd Janowski -- Martin F. Meyer -- Annette Weissenrieder -- Beate Ego -- Christina Risch -- Lennart Lehmhaus -- Jonathan Schofer. Schmerz im Alten Testament / Pain in childbirth : Gen 3:16 in inner-Biblical exegesis / Pain imposed : the psychological torture of enemies through ritual acts in Biblical and cuneiform sources / Seht meinen Schmerz! : Rhetorik der Schmerzen in Klgl 1 / Und mein Schmerz steht mir immer vor Augen (Ps 38,18) : Schmerz als Ausdrucksform in den Psalmen am Beispiel von Ps 38 / Mourning and grief in Iron Age coroplastic arts from Palestine/Israel / Der Schmerz Gottes : Zu einem wichtigen Zug im biblischen Gottesbild / Schmerz : Bedeutung und Konzepte in der griechischen Literatur der Antike / The unpleasant sight : sickness, pain, and bodily fragmentation in LXX Job / Gott wird dich gewiss bald heilen (Tob 5,14) : Schmerz und Heilung in der Tobiterzählung / Pain in the Apocryphon of John / Where does it hurt (most)? : semantics and perceptions of pain in ancient Rabbinic traditions / Pain and punishment in Mishnaic law : Mishnak Makkot 3:1-2 /1 online resource (viii, 267 pages