02943nam 2200613Ia 450 991078238690332120230607222211.01-281-80303-097866118030320-567-12002-3(CKB)1000000000542348(EBL)436451(OCoLC)276860150(SSID)ssj0000247138(PQKBManifestationID)12043436(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000247138(PQKBWorkID)10195779(PQKB)10842997(MiAaPQ)EBC436451(Au-PeEL)EBL436451(CaPaEBR)ebr10250775(CaONFJC)MIL180303(OCoLC)893333863(EXLCZ)99100000000054234820020819d2002 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrSmooth words[electronic resource] women, Proverbs, and performance in biblical wisdom /Carole FontaineLondon ;New York Sheffield Academicc20021 online resource (313 p.)Journal for the study of the Old Testament. Supplement series ;356Description based upon print version of record.0-567-24315-X 0-8264-6024-0 Includes bibliographic references (p. [272]-285) and indexes.Contents; List of Illustrations; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; To the Reader; Chapter 1 W/WISDOM THE SlGNIFIER; Chapter 2 TEXTUAL WOMEN: THE SOCIAL ROLES OF WOMEN IN THE PRIVATE, PUBLIC AND COSMIC DOMAINS; Chapter 3 WOMEN USING WISDOM: PERFORMING THE TRADITION; Chapter 4 THE WISDOM OF NEWTONS; Chapter 5 CONCLUDING SEMI-SCIENTIFIC POSTSCRIPT; Bibliography; Index of Proverbs and Instructions; Index of References; Index of AuthorsThis book explores the social roles of women as portrayed within the book of Proverbs, as well as the character archetypes and patriarchal ideologies which undergird the sages' portrayal. Using feminist folklore methodologies and performance studies, the author explores an alternative paradigm for understanding women's relationship to wisdom traditions in the ancient near east, using parallel texts, later midrash and extrabiblical re-presentations of biblical women associated with wisdom. The author demonstrates that women were culturally authorized 'performers' of the family based wisdom tradJournal for the study of the Old Testament.Supplement series ;356.Wisdom (Biblical personification)Women in the BibleWisdom (Biblical personification)Women in the Bible.223/.06/082Fontaine Carole R1489386MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910782386903321Smooth words3710075UNINA