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GOD'S MONSTERS is a fun and important book. Hamori is a student of monster theory, pop culture and of course Biblical Studies. The book takes readers on a tour of the kinds of monsters ancient Hebrews created, and how those monsters show up throughout the Bible. What's shocking - and fun - is how many there are - most of them obscured and domesticated by tradition and translation.
Hamori wields wit and wisdom as a sword to slay not the monsters but our preconceptions of them. Her tone may feel shocking or irreverent to some who see the Bible as Scripture, but as Hamori repeatedly highlights, nothing she says is half as shocking or irreverent as the God of the Bible who marshals burning snakes, horrifying hybrids and attacking angels against those who cross him.
Readers expecting theological reflection will have to wait until the final chapter, but until then, GOD'S MONSTERS is a tour de force of the creepy crawlies (and fly-ies and stabbies) of the Bible. Highly recommend.
Hamori wields wit and wisdom as a sword to slay not the monsters but our preconceptions of them. Her tone may feel shocking or irreverent to some who see the Bible as Scripture, but as Hamori repeatedly highlights, nothing she says is half as shocking or irreverent as the God of the Bible who marshals burning snakes, horrifying hybrids and attacking angels against those who cross him.
Readers expecting theological reflection will have to wait until the final chapter, but until then, GOD'S MONSTERS is a tour de force of the creepy crawlies (and fly-ies and stabbies) of the Bible. Highly recommend.