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Subject(s)

• Sex role—Biblical teaching [Browse]
• Sacred meals—Biblical teaching [Browse]
• Women in the Bible [Browse]
• Bible—Feminist criticism [Browse]
• Bible O.T. Proverbs IX—Criticism, interpretation, etc [Browse]
• Bible O.T. Apocrypha Ecclesiasticus—Criticism, interpretation, etc [Browse]
• Bible N.T. John IV—Criticism, interpretation, etc [Browse]

Series

• Journal for the study of the Old Testament. Supplement series ; 216. [More in this series]
• Gender, culture, theory ; 4. [More in this series]
• Gender, culture, theory ; 4 [More in this series]

Summary note

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

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Bibliographic references

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Language note

English

Contents

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

ISBN

• 1-281-81411-3
• 9786611814113
• 0-567-65182-7

OCLC

• 280754288
• 893334316

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