The Bible, gender, and reception history: the case of Job's wife
"The Bible, gender, and reception history : the case of Job's wife investigates the fleeting appearance in the Bible of Job's wife and its impact on the imaginations of readers throughout history. It begins by presenting key interpretive gaps in the biblical text concerning Job and hi...
| Published in: | Library of Hebrew bible/Old Testament studies |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Published: |
London [u.a.]
Bloomsbury
2013
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| In: |
Library of Hebrew bible/Old Testament studies (586)
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| Series/Journal: | Library of Hebrew bible/Old Testament studies Old Testament studies
586 Scriptural traces: critical perspectives on the reception and influence of the Bible 1 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Job Biblical character
/ Wife
/ Reception
/ Woman
/ Woman
/ Gender-specific role
/ Social role
/ History
B Blake, William 1757-1827, Illustrations of the Book of Job |
| IxTheo Classification: | HB Old Testament |
| Further subjects: | B
Thesis
B Bible. Occupation Criticism, interpretation, etc |
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| Summary: | "The Bible, gender, and reception history : the case of Job's wife investigates the fleeting appearance in the Bible of Job's wife and its impact on the imaginations of readers throughout history. It begins by presenting key interpretive gaps in the biblical text concerning Job and his wife, explaining the way gender studies offers guiding principles with which the author engages a reception history of their marriage. After analyzing Job and his wife within medieval Christian theology of Eden, the author identifies ways in which Job's wife visually aligns with medieval images of Satan"-- |
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| ISBN: | 0567239217 |