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The Deuteronomistic History as Literature of Trauma (2020)
Book Chapter
Janzen, D. (2020). The Deuteronomistic History as Literature of Trauma. In B. E. Kelle, & B. A. Strawn (Eds.), The Oxford Handbook of the Historical Books of the Hebrew Bible (421-433). Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780190261160.013.21

Sin and Expiation (2020)
Book Chapter
Janzen, D. (2020). Sin and Expiation. In S. Balentine (Ed.), The Oxford handbook of ritual and worship. Oxford University Press

Expiation refers to a ritual attempt to deal with sin, and while in the Hebrew Bible it can include such things as prayer and acts of mourning, we most frequently find it manifested in sacrifice. Biblical texts rarely explain how sacrifice functions... Read More about Sin and Expiation.

Traumatic Speech and the Rejection of Narrative in Lamentations (2020)
Book Chapter
Janzen, D. (2020). Traumatic Speech and the Rejection of Narrative in Lamentations. In C. C. Cook, & N. H. White (Eds.), Biblical and Theological Visions of Resilience: Pastoral and Clinical Insights (58-69). Routledge