Reading gender in Judges: an intertextual approach
"Much of the content of Judges can be understood only when read together with other parts of the Hebrew Bible. Narratives in Judges comment, criticize, and reinterpret other texts from across what became the canon, often by troubling gender, disrupting stereotypical binaries, and creating a kin...
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| Format: | Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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| WorldCat: | WorldCat |
| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
| Published: |
Atlanta
SBL Press
[2023]
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| In: |
Resources for biblical study (number 103)
Year: 2023 |
| Volumes / Articles: | Show volumes/articles. |
| Series/Journal: | Resources for biblical study
number 103 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Judges
/ Gender
/ Intersectionality
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| IxTheo Classification: | CH Christianity and Society HB Old Testament |
| Further subjects: | B
Collection of essays
B Bible. Judges Criticism, interpretation, etc B Sex in the Bible B Women in the Bible |
| Online Access: |
Table of Contents Blurb Literaturverzeichnis |
| Summary: | "Much of the content of Judges can be understood only when read together with other parts of the Hebrew Bible. Narratives in Judges comment, criticize, and reinterpret other texts from across what became the canon, often by troubling gender, disrupting stereotypical binaries, and creating a kind of gender chaos. This volume brings together gender criticism and intertextuality, methods that logically align with intersectional lenses, to draw attention to how race, ethnicity, class, religion, ability, sex, and sexuality all play a role in how one is gendered in the book of Judges. Contributors also draw on theology, ancient and contemporary culture, and reception history to read gender in Judges"-- |
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| Physical Description: | x, 323 Seiten |
| ISBN: | 978-1-62837-468-1 978-1-62837-469-8 |
