Women in the Hebrew Bible

A Reader
Erscheinungsjahr 1998
ISBN: 978-0-415-91560-1
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Buch, Englisch, 568 Seiten, Format (B × H): 208 mm x 261 mm, Gewicht: 1179 g

Women in the Hebrew Bible presents the first one-volume overview covering the interpretation of women's place in man's world within the Hebrew Bible or Old Testament. Written by the major scholars in the field of biblical studies and literary theory, these essays examine attitudes toward women and their status in ancient Near Eastern societies, focusing on the Israelite society portrayed by the Hebrew Bible.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Bach, Alice

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Sonstige Religionen Sonstige Religionen: Heilige & Traditionelle Texte, Mythologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Gruppen/Soziale Themen Gender Studies, Geschlechtersoziologie
• Geisteswissenschaften Jüdische Studien Jüdische Studien
• Geisteswissenschaften Christentum, Christliche Theologie Bibelwissenschaften

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1: The Social World of Women in Ancient Israel; 1: The Place of Women in the Israelite Cultus; 2: “And the Women Knead Dough”; 3: Women and the Domestic Economy of Early Israel; 4: Structure and Patriarchal functions in the Biblical Betrothal Type-Scene; 5: The Problem of the Body for the People of the Book; 2: Reading Women into Biblical Narratives; 6: Status and Role of Female Heroines in the Biblical Narrative; 7: Woman and the Discourse of Patriarchal Wisdom; 8: The Harlot as Heroine; 9: His Story Versus Her Story; 10: The Literary Characterization of Mothers and Sexual Politics in the Hebrew Bible; 11: Who's Afraid of “The Endangered Ancestress”?; 3: Goddesses and Women of Magic; 12: A Heifer from Thy Stable; 13: The Queen Mother and the Cult in Ancient Israel; 14: The Wise Women of 2 Samuel; 4: Rereading Women in the bible; 15: Reading Strategies and the Story of Ruth; 16: “A Son Is Born to Naomi!”; 17: The Seduction of Eve and the Exegetical Politics of Gender * 1; 18: Genesis 22; 5: Sexual Politics in the Hebrew Bible; 19: Law and Philosophy; 20: Eroticism and Death in the Tale of Jael; 21: Dealing/With/Women; 22: Adultery in the House of David; 23: Signs of the Flesh; 24: Sacrifice and Salvation; 25: Judith, Holding the Tale of Herodotus; 6: Feminist Identities in Biblical Interpretation; 26: Rereading the Body Politic; 27: Transforming the Nature of Community; 28: With a Song in Her Heart; 29: Roundtable Discussion; 7: The Social World of Women in Ancient Israel; 30: Introduction to A Case History; 31: The Strange Case of the Suspected Sotah (Numbers V11–31); 32: The Case of the Suspected Adulteress, Numbers 5:11–31; 33: Numbers 5 and the “Waters of Judgment”; 34: Accusations of Adultery; 35: Good to the Last Drop

Über Autor(innen)

Alice Bach is Assistant Professor of Religious Studies at Stanford University and the editor of Biblicon, a journal of Bible, media, and culture. She is the author of Women, Seduction, and Betrayal in Biblical Narrative (1997) as well as numerous award-winning children's books.
is Assistant Professor of Religious Studies at Stanford University. She is the author of Women, Seduction, and Betrayal in Biblical Narrative (1997) and editor of several scholarly articles, including Biblical Glamour and Hollywood Glitz. She is also the author of numerous award-winning children's books.