Sexual politics in the biblical narrative [[electronic resource] ] : reading the Hebrew Bible as a woman / / Esther Fuchs

• Autore: Fuchs Esther <1953->
• Pubblicazione: Sheffield, : Sheffield Academic Press, c2003
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (245 p.)
• Disciplina: 221.6; 221.6/082; 221.6082
• Soggetto topico: Man-woman relationships - Biblical teaching; Women in the Bible
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Contents; Preface; Chapter 1 INTRODUCTION; Chapter 2 CONTEMPORARY BIBLICAL LITERARY CRITICISM: THE OBJECTIVE PHALLACY; Chapter 3 THE BIBLICAL MOTHER: THE ANNUNCIATION AND TEMPTATION TYPE-SCENES; Chapter 4 THE BRIDE AND BIBLICAL BETROTHAL TYPE-SCENES; Chapter 5 THE BIBLICAL WIFE: STRUCTURE AND SETTING IN CONJUGAL NARRATIVES; Chapter 6 THE IDEAL DAUGHTER: USEFUL GAPS AND SOME DIDACTIC IMPLICATIONS; Chapter 7 THE BIBLICAL SISTER: REDEEMED BY HER BROTHER?; Postscript; Bibliography; Index of References; Index of Authors
• Sommario/riassunto: This book is for anyone interested in religious studies and women's studies, as well as for biblical scholars. It offers a feminist oppositional reading of the biblical text. The main argument is that the Bible constructs a fictional universe in which women are shown to be intent on promoting male interests, and, for the most part, appear as secondary characters whose voice and point of view are often suppressed. In their limited roles as mothers, wives, daughters and sisters, women are constructed as male-dependent pawns intent on securing the status of their male counterparts. The Biblical n
• Titolo autorizzato: Sexual politics in the biblical narrative
• ISBN: 9786611803186; 1-281-80318-9; 0-567-04287-1
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910782326603321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: The Library of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament Studies