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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Format: | Print Article |
Language: | English |
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Sage Publications
2005
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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 |
Parallel Edition: | Electronic
Electronic |