Gendering wisdom the host : biblical invitations to eat and drink /
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 a...
| Основен автор: | McKinlay, Judith E. |
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| Формат: | Електронна книга |
| Език: | English |
| Публикувано: |
Sheffield, Eng. :
Sheffield Academic Press,
℗♭1996.
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| Серия: |
Journal for the study of the Old Testament. Supplement series ;
216. Gender, culture, theory ; 4. |
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| Онлайн достъп: |
http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=243866 |
| Подобни документи: |
Print version::
Gendering wisdom the host. |
| Резюме: |
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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| Физически характеристики: |
1 online resource (280 pages). |
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Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. |
| Библиография: |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 254-267)-and indexes. |
| ISBN: |
9780567651822 0567651827 |