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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...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: McKinlay, Judith E.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Sheffield, Eng. : Sheffield Academic Press, ©1996.
Series:Journal for the study of the Old Testament. Supplement series ; 216.
Gender, culture, theory ; 4.
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Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Abbreviations; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Chapter 1 IN SEARCH OF ANCESTRY; Chapter 2 PROVERBS 9.1-6, 13-18; Chapter 3 PROVERBS 9.7-12 AND OTHER WISDOM POEMS; Chapter 4 FOLLY IN THE COMPANY OF OTHER WOMEN; Chapter 5 WOMEN IN PROVERBS; Chapter 6 THE WISDOM OF BEN SIRA; Chapter 7 WOMEN IN BEN SIRA; Chapter 8 ON THE QUEST OF THE FEMININE IN JOHN 4; Chapter 9 WOMEN IN JOHN'S GOSPEL; Chapter 10 SOME IMPLICATIONS; Select Bibliography; Index of References; Index of Authors.