Ben Sira on family, gender, and sexuality /

The Book of Ben Sira, the longest Jewish wisdom book, is a combination of wisdom poems about a personified female wisdom figure, and of teachings on everyday issues including marriage, family life, self-control, desires, and sexual promiscuity. Its author demonstrates an anxiety regarding matters of...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Balla, Ibolya
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Berlin : De Gruyter, 2011.
Colección:Deuterocanonical and cognate literature studies ; v. 8.
Temas:
Bible. > Ecclesiasticus > Commentaries.
Bible. > Ecclesiasticus
Families > Biblical teaching.
Sex role > Biblical teaching.
Sex > Biblical teaching.
Familles > Enseignement biblique.
Rôle selon le sexe > Enseignement biblique.
Sexualité > Enseignement biblique.
RELIGION / Biblical Criticism & Interpretation / Old Testament.
Families > Biblical teaching
Sex > Biblical teaching
Sex role > Biblical teaching
Australian
Electronic resource.
Commentaries
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Acknowledgments; Table of contents; Introduction with literature review and methodology; Chapter 1: Respect for fathers and mothers and the treatment of widows
  • Chapter 2: The anxiety of bringing up children: teachings on sons and daughters
  • Chapter 3: Teachings on marital relationships
  • Chapter 4: Teachings on sexual behaviour that is either illicit and/or discouraged, including adultery and approaching prostitutes, virgins, maidservants
  • Chapter 5: Wisdom poems
  • Chapter 6: Conclusion.

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