On gendering texts : : female and male voices in the Hebrew Bible / / Athalya Brenner-Idan, Fokkelien van Dijk Hemmes.

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Superior document:Biblical Interpretation
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Place / Publishing House:Leiden : : Brill,, [1996]
Year of Publication:1996
Edition:1st ed.
Language:English
Series:Biblical Interpretation
Physical Description:1 online resource (225 pages)
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Table of Contents:
  • Intro
  • Title Page
  • Copyright Page
  • Table of Contents
  • Foreword
  • Introduction
  • I Traces of Women's Texts in the Hebrew Bible
  • 1. Methodological Considerations
  • A. The Importance of the Search for Female Authors
  • B. The Model of "Women's Culture"
  • C. Goitein's Method
  • 2. Victory Songs and Mockery Songs
  • A. Victory Songs
  • The Song in Honour of Saul and David
  • The Dance of Jephthah's Daughter
  • The Song of Miriam
  • The Song of Deborah
  • B. Mockery Songs
  • 3. Wisdom and Warning Discourse
  • A. Wisdom Speeches
  • The Wise Women of Tekoah and Abel
  • Abigail
  • Lady Wisdom
  • B. Warning Speeches
  • The Mother of Lemuel
  • The I Persona in Proverbs 7
  • 4. Prophecy and Soothsaying
  • A. Prophecy
  • Huldah and Deborah
  • Miriam
  • B. Soothsaying
  • 5. Love Songs and Songs of Harlots
  • A. Love Songs
  • B. Songs of Harlots
  • 6. Laments and Rituals of Lament
  • A. Laments
  • Lady Jerusalem in Lamentations
  • B. Rituals of Lament
  • 7. Vows and Prayers
  • A Remark (By Way of an Introduction)
  • A. Vows
  • B. Prayers
  • 8. Birth Songs and Naming Speeches
  • A. Birth Songs
  • B. Naming Speeches
  • 9. Final Considerations
  • II Proverbs 1-9: An F Voice?
  • The "Female Rebuker" Figure
  • The Frame of Proverbs: F Personas and Voices, M Discourse?
  • Father's Instruction and Mother's Instruction in Proverbs 1-9
  • The "Female Onlooker" Figure
  • The Other Woman
  • Woman as Other
  • The F Wisdom Figure
  • Chapter 31 - A Mother's Instruction to Son, and to Daughter
  • III M Text Authority in Biblical Love Lyrics: The Case of Qoheleth 3.1-9 and Its Textual Relatives
  • Qoheleth 3.1-9: A Framed Male Love Lyric?
  • Qoheleth 3.1-9: A Poem within a Frame
  • The Language of the Frame
  • The Language of the Poem: Verses 2-8
  • The Poem out of Context: Structure and Sense
  • Verse 5: The Central Stanza.
  • Verse 5a-b: The "Sexual" Interpretation
  • Stones, Sexuality, and Gender Relations
  • The Poem in the Light of Verse 5
  • Qoheleth 3.2-8: An M Poem of Desire
  • 3.2-8: A Single Act of Composition or the Product of a Gradual Process?
  • Another Instance of Borrowing from Conventions of Love Poetry in Qpheleth?
  • Quoting and Framing: Back to Verses 1 and 9
  • Proverbs 30.18-19, 20
  • Samson's Riddles
  • Other Instances of M Love Poetry: Some Notes
  • In Conclusion
  • IV Divine Love and Prophetic Pornography
  • The Metaphorization of Woman in Prophetic Speech: An Analysis of Ezekiel 23
  • The Marriage Metaphor in Hosea
  • Features and Functions of Pornography
  • Ohala's and Oholibah's Perversion
  • M and F Readerly Responses
  • On "Jeremiah" and the Poetics of (Prophetic?) Pornography
  • The Husband-Wife Metaphor: A Propaganda Vehicle
  • General Definitions of Pornography and Biblical Pornography
  • Feminist Definitions of Pornography and Jeremian Pornography
  • Story of O
  • The Story of O and Jeremian Pornography
  • In Conclusion
  • Afterword
  • References and Additional Bibliography
  • Index of Ancient Sources
  • 1. Biblical Passages Cited
  • 2. Others.