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Autore |
McKinlay Judith E |
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Titolo |
Gendering wisdom the host [[electronic resource] ] : biblical invitations to eat and drink / / Judith E. McKinlay |
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Pubbl/distr/stampa |
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Sheffield, Eng., : Sheffield Academic Press, c1996 |
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ISBN |
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1-281-81411-3 |
9786611814113 |
0-567-65182-7 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (287 p.) |
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Collana |
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Journal for the study of the Old Testament. Supplement series ; ; 216 |
Gender, culture, theory ; ; 4 |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Sex role - Biblical teaching |
Sacred meals - Biblical teaching |
Women in the Bible |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Contents; Abbreviations; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Chapter 1 IN SEARCH OF ANCESTRY; Chapter 2 PROVERBS 9.1-6, 13-18; Chapter 3 PROVERBS 9.7-12 AND OTHER WISDOM POEMS; Chapter 4 FOLLY IN THE COMPANY OF OTHER WOMEN; Chapter 5 WOMEN IN PROVERBS; Chapter 6 THE WISDOM OF BEN SIRA; Chapter 7 WOMEN IN BEN SIRA; Chapter 8 ON THE QUEST OF THE FEMININE IN JOHN 4; Chapter 9 WOMEN IN JOHN'S GOSPEL; Chapter 10 SOME IMPLICATIONS; Select Bibliography; Index of References; Index of Authors |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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This work looks at the intertextual relationships of the invitations to eat and drink in Proverbs, Ben Sira and John 4. If the first two invitations are offered by a female Wisdom/Sophia, what are the gender implications when the hostess becomes a host in John 4? The study poses the possibility of an ongoing convergence strategy, which may have begun when Israelite sages adapted for a Yahwistic context language and imagery earlier associated with female deities. In a subtle move, McKinlay draws upon contemporary reader resistance in order to counter such ideological moves by the scribes, whose |
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