Sexual Politics in the Biblical Narrative
Reading the Hebrew Bible as a Woman
1st Edition
Published on 1. April 2003
248 pages
978-0-567-04287-3 (ISBN)
Description
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 narrative highlights the contribution of women as reproductive agents and protectors of sons. In this challenging collection of essays, Fuchs focuses on type-scenes as a way of demonstrating the mechanisms by which the texts validates male power and superiority. She also deconstructs the Biblical sexual politics by asking whose interest is being served by the 'good' women of the Bible.Journal for the Study of the Old Testament Supplement series, Volume 310.
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Series
Edition
1. Auflage
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
ISBN-13
978-0-567-04287-3 (9780567042873)
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Book
04/2003
Sheffield Academic Press
€153.30
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Person
Esther Fuchs is Professor, Program of Judaic Studies and Department of Near East Studies, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, USA.
Content
- Intro
- 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
- A
- B
- C
- D
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- F
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