2026
Mónica Rey
- Assistant Professor
- Gammon Theological Seminary
Abstract
Dr. Mónica Rey also serves as adjunct professor of Gender Studies at Babson College.
“Gendering Genocide in the Hebrew Bible” contributes to women’s and gender studies and biblical studies by bringing these research areas into conversation with comparative genocide studies. The book consists of four chapters: an introduction centering comparative genocide studies, a chapter on gendering genocide as a typology, a chapter on theorizing the status of the foreign female captive in Deuteronomy 21:10-14, and a conclusion that addresses how forced marriage has been framed as consensual through a modern-day rape myth that persists to this day. The historiography of the captive needs fresh eyes to historicize gender-based ethnic violence in the context of mass atrocity. As one reviewer noted in response to the book proposal: “this will be the first book in biblical studies to address gendercide and its presence in the Hebrew Bible.”
“Gendering Genocide in the Hebrew Bible” contributes to women’s and gender studies and biblical studies by bringing these research areas into conversation with comparative genocide studies. The book consists of four chapters: an introduction centering comparative genocide studies, a chapter on gendering genocide as a typology, a chapter on theorizing the status of the foreign female captive in Deuteronomy 21:10-14, and a conclusion that addresses how forced marriage has been framed as consensual through a modern-day rape myth that persists to this day. The historiography of the captive needs fresh eyes to historicize gender-based ethnic violence in the context of mass atrocity. As one reviewer noted in response to the book proposal: “this will be the first book in biblical studies to address gendercide and its presence in the Hebrew Bible.”