‘Reckless Eyeballing’: Written and Oral Narratives in Genesis 16.4-5
This essay considers how current theories of narrative (both written and oral) inform how we read the complexities of the relationship(s) among Abraham, Sarah, and Hagar in Gen. 16.4-5. It argues that, while we may no longer have access to the oral counter narrative of Gen. 16.4-5, deconstructive cr...
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Tipo de documento: | Electrónico Artículo |
Lenguaje: | Inglés |
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Sage
2013
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Feminist theology
Año: 2013, Volumen: 21, Número: 2, Páginas: 173-179 |
Otras palabras clave: | B
Abraham
B slave surrogates B Sarah B Womanist Theology B Old Testament concubines B Egyptian slave girls B Hagar B Old Testament patriarchs B Feminist Theology |
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Sumario: | This essay considers how current theories of narrative (both written and oral) inform how we read the complexities of the relationship(s) among Abraham, Sarah, and Hagar in Gen. 16.4-5. It argues that, while we may no longer have access to the oral counter narrative of Gen. 16.4-5, deconstructive criticism, which–among other things – teaches us that a text can be most revealing in those places in which it is most notably silent, may allow for a possible recovery of the oral, unrecorded narrative of the servant Hagar. |
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ISSN: | 1745-5189 |
Obras secundarias: | Enthalten in: Feminist theology
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Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1177/0966735012464147 |