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1 online resource (280 pages) |
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Journal for the study of the Old Testament. Supplement series ; 216 |
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Gender, culture, theory ; 4 |
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Journal for the study of the Old Testament. Supplement series ; 216.
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Gender, culture, theory ; 4.
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| 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 |
| Summary |
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 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 254-267)-and indexes |
| Notes |
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Print version record |
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Bible -- Feminist criticism.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh93004310
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Bible. Proverbs, IX -- Criticism, interpretation, etc
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Bible. Ecclesiasticus -- Criticism, interpretation, etc
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Bible. John, IV -- Criticism, interpretation, etc
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Bible. fast (OCoLC)fst01356024 |
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Bible. Ecclesiasticus. fast (OCoLC)fst01808008 |
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Sex role -- Biblical teaching
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Sacred meals -- Biblical teaching
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Women in the Bible.
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Wisdom (Biblical personification)
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BIBLES -- General.
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RELIGION -- Biblical Reference -- General.
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RELIGION -- Biblical Reference.
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Wisdom (Biblical personification)
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Feminist criticism.
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Spreuken (bijbelboek)
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Wijsheid van Jezus Sirach (bijbelboek)
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Sex role -- Biblical teaching.
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Johannes (bijbelboek)
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Women in the Bible.
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Sekseverschillen.
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Sacred meals -- Biblical teaching.
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Maaltijden.
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| Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780567651822 |
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0567651827 |
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1281814113 |
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9781281814111 |
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9786611814113 |
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6611814116 |
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