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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Rochelle I. Altman [mailto:risa@isis.hol.gr]
> Sent: Tuesday, December 05, 2000 10:14 PM
> To: orion@pluto.mscc.huji.ac.il
> Subject: orion-list ORION: Guilty Corpses, Cultic lit, etc.
>
>
> David,
>
> Your analysis of Judith as political fiction is plausible. Political
> criticism hidden within a fictional narrative is an ancient genre; As
> we can see from folk tales, it is older than written history.
> The genre
> is alive and well today. The whole purpose of hiding
> political criticism
> within a fictional situation is to protect the author's neck.
Rochelle,
My analysis is in print in my article on "Judith" in the HarperCollins Bible
Dictionary.
David Suter
Saint Martin's College
For private reply, e-mail to "Suter, David" <dsuter@stmartin.edu>
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