LEADER 02916nam 2200613Ia 450 001 9910816670303321 005 20230607222211.0 010 $a1-281-80303-0 010 $a9786611803032 010 $a0-567-12002-3 035 $a(CKB)1000000000542348 035 $a(EBL)436451 035 $a(OCoLC)276860150 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000247138 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12043436 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000247138 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10195779 035 $a(PQKB)10842997 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC436451 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL436451 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10250775 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL180303 035 $a(OCoLC)893333863 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000542348 100 $a20020819d2002 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aSmooth words $ewomen, Proverbs, and performance in biblical wisdom /$fCarole Fontaine 210 $aLondon ;$aNew York $cSheffield Academic$dc2002 215 $a1 online resource (313 p.) 225 1 $aJournal for the study of the Old Testament. Supplement series ;$v356 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-567-24315-X 311 $a0-8264-6024-0 320 $aIncludes bibliographic references (p. [272]-285) and indexes. 327 $aContents; 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 Authors 330 $aThis book explores the social roles of women as portrayed within the book of Proverbs, as well as the character archetypes and patriarchal ideologies which undergird the sages' portrayal. Using feminist folklore methodologies and performance studies, the author explores an alternative paradigm for understanding women's relationship to wisdom traditions in the ancient near east, using parallel texts, later midrash and extrabiblical re-presentations of biblical women associated with wisdom. The author demonstrates that women were culturally authorized 'performers' of the family based wisdom trad 410 0$aJournal for the study of the Old Testament.$pSupplement series ;$v356. 606 $aWisdom (Biblical personification) 606 $aWomen in the Bible 615 0$aWisdom (Biblical personification) 615 0$aWomen in the Bible. 676 $a223/.06/082 700 $aFontaine$b Carole R$01608241 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910816670303321 996 $aSmooth words$93934887 997 $aUNINA