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Subject(s)

• Miriam (Biblical figure) [Browse]
• Hannah (Biblical figure) [Browse]
• Deborah (Biblical judge) [Browse]
• David King of Israel [Browse]
• Bible Old Testament—Influence—Modern civilization [Browse]
• Protestant women—England—Language—History [Browse]
• Language and languages—Religious aspects—Protestant churches—History of doctrines [Browse]
• Women in the Bible—Biography—History and criticism [Browse]
• Hebrew poetry, Biblical—History and criticism [Browse]

Series

• Women and gender in the early modern world. [More in this series]
• Women and Gender in the Early Modern World

Notes

First published 2009 by Ashgate Publishing.

Bibliographic references

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Source of description

Description based on print version record.

Contents

• 1. "Should she not be ashamed?" : constructing Mary Sidney as a Renaissance Miriam
• 2. "My mouth is enlarged over mine enemies" : Hannah and the consequence of private prayer
• 3. "Give ear o princes" : Deborah as a model for female authority
• 4. "Naked against the enemy" : the feminization of David.

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ISBN

• 1-351-95539-X
• 1-315-26155-3
• 1-351-95540-3

OCLC

973028007

Doi

• 10.4324/9781315261553

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