Gendering wisdom the host [[electronic resource] ] : biblical invitations to eat and drink / / Judith E. McKinlay
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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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| Pubblicazione: | Sheffield, Eng., : Sheffield Academic Press, c1996 |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (287 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 220.830542 |
| Soggetto topico: | Sex role - Biblical teaching |
| Sacred meals - Biblical teaching | |
| Women in the Bible | |
| Soggetto genere / forma: | Electronic books. |
| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
| Nota di contenuto: | 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 |
| Sommario/riassunto: | 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 |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Gendering wisdom the host |
| ISBN: | 1-281-81411-3 |
| 9786611814113 | |
| 0-567-65182-7 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910453328303321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
| Opac: | Controlla la disponibilità qui |
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Journal for the study of the Old Testament. . -Supplement series ; ; 216.
Gender, culture, theory ; ; 4.