03267nam 2200649Ia 450 991096659730332120200520144314.09781438404318143840431X97805850461290585046123(CKB)111004366802542(SSID)ssj0000271999(PQKBManifestationID)11253790(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000271999(PQKBWorkID)10305141(PQKB)11737443(OCoLC)42417737(MdBmJHUP)muse14114(Au-PeEL)EBL3408300(CaPaEBR)ebr10588851(OCoLC)923414436(MiAaPQ)EBC3408300(Perlego)2672441(DE-B1597)773945(DE-B1597)9781438404318(EXLCZ)9911100436680254219950411d1995 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrThe wiles of women/the wiles of men Joseph and Potiphar's wife in ancient Near Eastern, Jewish, and Islamic folklore /Shalom GoldmanAlbany State University of New York Press1995xxxiii, 189 p. illBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph9780791426838 0791426831 Includes bibliographical references (p. [169]-177) and index.Intro -- Between Jerusalem and Benares -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Preface -- 1. Introduction: Judaism and Hinduism: Cultural Resonances -- 2. The Love and Hate of Hinduism in the Work of Jewish Scholars -- Part One: Historical Encounters -- 3. Lexical Borrowings in Biblical Hebrew from Indian Languages as Carriers of Ideas and Technical Concepts -- 4. Abraham and the Upanishads -- 5. Between Jews and Greeks: The Indian Model -- 6. A Hindu Response to the Written Torah -- 7. Yom Kippur: The Festival of Closing the Doors -- Part Two: Cultural Resonances -- 8. Veda and Torah: The World Embodied in Scripture -- 9. From Dharma to Law -- 10. Union and Unity in Hindu Tantrism -- 11. Union and Unity in Kabbalah -- 12. Rabbi Abraham Isaac Kook and Sri Aurobindo: Towards a Comparison -- Contributors -- Notes -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z.Focusing on gender issues, this book compares and contrasts the treatment of the Potiphar's Wife motif--in which a woman makes vain overtures to a man and then accuses him of attempting to force himself upon her--in ancient Near Eastern, Jewish, and Islamic folklore.Jewish legendsHistory and criticismLegendsMiddle EastHistory and criticismMiddle Eastern literatureRelation to the Old TestamentJewish legendsHistory and criticism.LegendsHistory and criticism.Middle Eastern literatureRelation to the Old Testament.398/.35Goldman Shalom473460MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910966597303321The wiles of women4353062UNINA