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Comedy and feminist interpretation of the hebrew Bible: a subversive collaboration/

Exploring the Hebrew Bible for evidence of comedy, this volume further asks how reading the Hebrew Bible through a comic 'lens' might positively inform feminist interpretation. The exploration is conducted with a number of Hebrew Bible narratives, all of which prominently involve female ch...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Jackson, Melissa A
Formato: Printed Book
Publicado: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2012.
Colección:Oxford theological monographs
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Acceso en línea:https://books.google.co.in/books?id=RZNdcbh4jX8C&printsec=frontcover&dq=Comedy+and+feminist+interpretation+of+the+hebrew+Bible:&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjey9HGwpzMAhUJj5QKHY_0CZwQ6AEIHDAA#v=onepage&q=Comedy%20and%20feminist%20interpretation%20of%20the%20hebrew%20Bible%3A&f=false
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 1. An introduction to comedy
  • 2. Trickster matriarchs: Lot's daughters, Rebekah, Leah, Rachel, Tamar
  • 3. Five women of Moses' infancy: Shiphrah and Puah, Moses' mother and sister, Pharaoh's daughter
  • 4. Rahab
  • 5. Deborah and Jael
  • 6. Delilah
  • 7. David's wives: Michal, Abigail, Bathsheba
  • 8. Jezebel
  • 9. Ruth
  • 10. Esther
  • 11. Conclusions: comedy and Hebrew Bible
  • 12. Conclusions: comedy, the Hebrew Bible, and feminist interpretation.