In the Intersectional Days of Delilah: Reclaiming (Again) the History of Women in Ancient Israel
Like many feminist biblical scholars of her generation, Jo Ann Hackett began the process of reclaiming women’s histories in the Hebrew Bible by broadening traditional fields of inquiry about ancient Israel to include women. In the twenty-first century, third and fourth wave feminist scholars must no...
| Subtitles: | Zimrat JAH: A Tribute To Ann Hackett |
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| Format: | Print Article |
| Language: | English |
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Western Academic Press
2021
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Maarav
Year: 2021, Volume: 25, Issue: 1/2, Pages: 31-48 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Bible. Judge 16
/ Delilah
/ Feminist exegesis
/ Power
/ Ethnosoziologin
/ Oikonomia (Concept of)
/ Woman executive
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| Further subjects: | B
Paterfamilias
B feminist interpretation B hackett, Jo Ann B Festschrift B Judges B Intersectionality B women’s roles in society B Hackett, Ann |
| Parallel Edition: | Electronic
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| Summary: | Like many feminist biblical scholars of her generation, Jo Ann Hackett began the process of reclaiming women’s histories in the Hebrew Bible by broadening traditional fields of inquiry about ancient Israel to include women. In the twenty-first century, third and fourth wave feminist scholars must now build upon the groundwork laid by these pioneers to create nuanced interpretations concerning gender and sexuality. In this paper, I examine one particular character, Delilah in Judges 16, whom conventional scholarship frequently maligns and more recent feminist readings attempt to valorize. Rather than these superficial interpretations, Delilah’s various social identities, such as her gender, ethnicity, and economic standing, indicate the intersecting systems of power which careful feminist scholarship takes into consideration. Such an intersectional reading of Delilah, grounded in a historical critical approach, allows for a refined interpretation in which she is neither an opportunistic prostitute nor an independent businesswoman, but a complicated female character navigating the intricacies of ancient Israelite life. |
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| ISSN: | 0149-5712 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Maarav
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