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Reading Violence Is Embodied
- Reading violent biblical texts is an embodied process, not just intellectual.
- Violence affects readers affectively and shapes their ethical formation even before conscious interpretation.
Readers Physically React to Biblical Violence
- Amy Cottrill noticed students physically reacting with shock to violent biblical stories like Judges 19.
- She relates this to her own intense emotional response to a violent novel, showing how violence affects readers bodily and ethically.
Humanizing the Enemy in Judges 5
- Judges 5 humanizes the enemy by showing Cicera's mother anxiously waiting for her son.
- This juxtaposition complicates simple celebration of violence and invites empathy for the other side.