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Gendering wisdom the host : biblical invitations to eat and drink /
This work looks at the intertextual relationships of the invitations to eat and drink in Proverbs, Ben Sira and John 4. If the first two invitations are offered by a female Wisdom/Sophia, what are the gender implications when the hostess becomes a host in John 4? The study poses the possibility of a...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Sheffield, Eng. :
Sheffield Academic Press,
©1996.
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| Colección: | Journal for the study of the Old Testament. Supplement series ;
216. Gender, culture, theory ; 4. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | This work looks at the intertextual relationships of the invitations to eat and drink in Proverbs, Ben Sira and John 4. If the first two invitations are offered by a female Wisdom/Sophia, what are the gender implications when the hostess becomes a host in John 4? The study poses the possibility of an ongoing convergence strategy, which may have begun when Israelite sages adapted for a Yahwistic context language and imagery earlier associated with female deities. In a subtle move, McKinlay draws upon contemporary reader resistance in order to counter such ideological moves by the scribes, whose. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (280 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 254-267)-and indexes. |
| ISBN: | 9780567651822 0567651827 1281814113 9781281814111 9786611814113 6611814116 |