Having men for dinner: deadly banquets and biblical women

This essay looks at several biblical women who use the power of food and drink, the banquet with its implications of seduction, to kill men or to determine whom the dining men kill. I will be asking in particular how the symbolism of food and drink interacts with gender, sexuality, and killing in th...

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Main Author: Duran, Nicole W. (Author)
Format: Print Article
Language:English
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Published: Sage Publications 2005
In: Biblical theology bulletin
Year: 2005, Volume: 35, Issue: 4, Pages: 117-124
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Bible. Judge 4,17-22
B Bible. Judit 12-13
B Bible. Ester 4-7
B Bible. Markusevangelium 6,14-30
B Woman / Biblical person / Eroticism / Meal / Man / Murder
IxTheo Classification:HA Bible
Further subjects:B Cultural anthropology
B Woman
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