Gender in the Book of Ben Sira: Divine Wisdom, Erotic Poetry, and the Garden of Eden
Scholars who accept Ben Sira's comments on women at face-value or ignore parallel comments about men preclude fundamental questions about the functions of these statements and about their contexts. Gender in the Book of Ben Sira provides a distinctly-different perspective on the discourse of ge...
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| Format: | Electronic Book |
| Language: | English |
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Berlin
De Gruyter
2013
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| In: | Year: 2013 |
| Reviews: | [Rezension von: Ellis, Teresa Ann, Gender in the Book of Ben Sira] (2015) (Calduch-Benages, Nuria, 1957 -)
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| Series/Journal: | Beihefte zur Zeitschrift für die alttestamentliche Wissenschaft
Beihefte Zur Zeitschrift Für Die Alttestamentliche Wissenschaft Ser v.453 |
| Further subjects: | B
Sex role ; Biblical teaching
B Bible ; Apocrypha ; Ecclesiasticus ; Criticism, interpretation, etc B Electronic books |
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| Summary: | Scholars who accept Ben Sira's comments on women at face-value or ignore parallel comments about men preclude fundamental questions about the functions of these statements and about their contexts. Gender in the Book of Ben Sira provides a distinctly-different perspective on the discourse of gender in the extant Hebrew manuscripts. The focus on wordplay, genre-constraints, and topics named in the book's subtitle-Divine Wisdom, Erotic Poetry, and the Garden of Eden-expands the boundaries for studies of gender |
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| Item Description: | Description based upon print version of record |
| ISBN: | 3110330792 |