Biblical Border Slippage and Feminist Postcolonial Criticism

The essay takes as its cue the biblical figures of Eve and Wisdom, both of whom slip through the divine/human border. Eve brings knowledge of good and evil and Wisdom offers a concern for human ethical choices. For what characterizes feminist and postcolonial studies is the hope and ideal of a futur...

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Collaborateurs: McKinlay, Judith E.
Type de support: Électronique Article
Langue:Anglais
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Interlibrary Loan:Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany)
Publié: 2020
Dans: The Oxford handbook of feminist approaches to the Hebrew Bible
Année: 2020
Sujets / Chaînes de mots-clés standardisés:B Postcolonialisme / Eva, Personnage biblique / Sagesse / Limite / Mirjam, Personnage biblique / Rahab, Personnage biblique / Achsa, Personnage biblique / Mémoire
Classifications IxTheo:AD Sociologie des religions
HB Ancien Testament
Sujets non-standardisés:B Rahab’s reading prism
B Othering
Accès en ligne: Volltext (lizenzpflichtig)
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Résumé:The essay takes as its cue the biblical figures of Eve and Wisdom, both of whom slip through the divine/human border. Eve brings knowledge of good and evil and Wisdom offers a concern for human ethical choices. For what characterizes feminist and postcolonial studies is the hope and ideal of a future of respect for all. A discussion of feminist postcolonial critical theory and current work in the field assesses that despite differing methodologies scholars share a concern for the ways in which women are represented and frequently “othered” in border-slipping texts. The study also considers a selection of biblical texts from a range of eras and political circumstances to illustrate these varying representations. The essay concludes with a reflection on the significance of the work and attempts to predict future directions.
ISBN:0190462698
Contient:Enthalten in: The Oxford handbook of feminist approaches to the Hebrew Bible
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1093/oxfordhb/9780190462673.013.14