2025/10/01 by Hope Doherty-Harrison · 2 voices
Computer Science · #Library Science and Information Systems
paper · doi:10.16995/olh.24108
openalex created_date 2025/10/01 · openalex publication_date 2025/10/01 · openalex updated_date 2026/05/21
This is an accepted article with a DOI pre-assigned that is not yet published.This article compares portrayals of self-injury as ‘proof’ of the false accusation made towards the prince in the Seven Sages frame narrative, in the Hebrew Mishle Sendebar and the Latin Dolopathos and Historia septem sapientem. The article explores the ways in which self-injury draws in and affects related issues of law and textual authority, spoken communication, and the uses of biblical language. The article then examines the way in which these texts construct relationships between self-injury and suicidality, and the diverse reactions each of the texts show to suicidality. Most notably, the Mishle Sendebar depicts the king, sages and wider society choosing to forgive the prince’s accuser, whereas the Latin versions enact vengeful punishments upon her.