Smooth words: women, Proverbs, and performance in biblical wisdom
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1. Verfasser: Fontaine, Carole R. (VerfasserIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: London Sheffield Academic ©2002
Schriftenreihe:Journal for the study of the Old Testament 356
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 272-285) and indexes
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
This 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
Beschreibung:1 Online-Ressource (xv, 296 pages)
ISBN:9780567120021
0567120023
0826460240
9780826460240

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