Woman at the Window : Biblical Tales of Oppression and Escape /
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Format: | Electronic eBook |
Language: | Inglés |
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Detroit, MI :
Wayne State University Press,
1998.
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Series: | Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Online Access: | Texto completo |
Table of Contents:
- 1. Woman at the window
- The treacherous matron looks "through the lattice"
- Yael at her doorstep
- Deborah under the palm tree
- Michael by the window
- 2. Woman on the road: The hazards of the open space
- The rape of Dinah
- The hapless concubine
- 3. Woman ventures out: Mobility and its benefits
- Tamar at the crossroads
- Abigail takes to the road
- Woman on the wall
- 4. Woman behind the scenes
- Rebecca eavesdrops
- Bathsheba on the roof
- 5. In the palace of words
- Women and language
- Eve is "beguiled"
- The language of diplomacy
- Hannah wills a son
- Language is power
- Epilogue.