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Subject(s)

• Women in the Bible [Browse]
• Bible O.T. Proverbs I-IX—Feminist criticism [Browse]
• Bible O.T.—Feminist criticism [Browse]
• Dinah (Biblical figure) [Browse]
• Miriam (Biblical figure) [Browse]
• Samson (Biblical judge) [Browse]
• Solomon King of Israel [Browse]

Series

• Gender, culture, theory ; 9. [More in this series]
• Gender, culture, theory ; 9 [More in this series]
• Journal for the study of the Old Testament. Supplement series ; 320

Summary note

The relationship of the Strange Woman and Woman Wisdom, separate but inseparable in Proverbs 1-9, is the book's analytic starting point, becoming a hermeneutical lens for viewing other texts of strangeness-of gender, ethnicity, sexuality, and cultic activity. Wisdom and strangeness mark the narratives of Samson and Solomon, while priestly literature sets strangeness against holiness. Miriam and Dinah, sisters of cultic eponyms Aaron and Levi, are Israelite women defiled or unclean, made strange. Priestly and wisdom constructions of gendered strangeness intersect, illuminating the ideologies of

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Bibliographic references

Includes bibliographical references (p. [345]-359) and indexes.

Language note

English

Contents

• Contents; Preface; Abbreviations; Introduction; Part I: WOMAN WISDOM AND THE STRANGE WOMAN IN THE BOOK OF PROVERBS; Chapter 1 THE STRANGE WOMAN OF PROVERBS; Chapter 2 WISE AND STRANGE: WOMAN AS TRICKSTER IN PROVERBS; Part II: READING BIBLICAL NARRATIVE AS WISE AND STRANGE; Chapter 3 RIDDLERS, TRICKSTERS AND STRANGE WOMEN IN THE SAMSON STORY; Chapter 4 READING SOLOMON AS A WOMAN; Part III: SISTER, BROTHER, OTHER: THE ISRAELITE WOMAN ESTRANGED; Chapter 5 OF LINEAGES AND LEVITES, SISTERS AND STRANGERS: CONSTRUCTING PRIESTLY BOUNDARIES IN THE POSTEXILIC PERIOD
• Chapter 6 THE (E)STRANGE(D) WOMAN IN THE WILDERNESS: MIRIAM AMONG THE PRIESTSChapter 7 THE (E)STRANGE(D) WOMAN IN THE LAND: SOJOURNING WITH DINAH; CONCLUSION; Select Bibliography; Index of References; Index of Authors; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; V; W

ISBN

• 1-281-84170-6
• 9786611841706
• 0-567-06350-X

OCLC

• 286913564
• 893334067

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