Gender-Play and Sacred Text: A Scene from Jeremiah

Taking a passage from Jeremiah as its focus, this paper applies contemporary gender theory to deconstruct the function and effect of sacred texts in the process of gender construction. Jeremiah 31.22b, ‘For the Lord has created a new thing on the earth: a woman encompasses a man’, is examined, beari...

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Main Author: Sawyer, Deborah F. 1956- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Sage 1999
In: Journal for the study of the Old Testament
Year: 1999, Volume: 24, Issue: 83, Pages: 99-111
IxTheo Classification:HB Old Testament
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