Gendering wisdom the host : biblical invitations to eat and drink /

Gendering wisdom the host : biblical invitations to eat and drink /

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Author / Creator:McKinlay, Judith E.
Imprint:Sheffield, Eng. : Sheffield Academic Press, ©1996.
Description:1 online resource (280 pages).
Language:English
Series:Journal for the study of the Old Testament. Supplement series ; 216
Gender, culture, theory ; 4
Journal for the study of the Old Testament. Supplement series ; 216.
Gender, culture, theory ; 4.
Subject:
Bible -- Feminist criticism.
Bible. -- Proverbs, IX -- Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Bible. -- Ecclesiasticus -- Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Bible. -- John, IV -- Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Bible.
Bible. -- Ecclesiasticus.
Sex role -- Biblical teaching.
Sacred meals -- Biblical teaching.
Women in the Bible.
Feminist criticism.
Sacred meals -- Biblical teaching.
Sex role -- Biblical teaching.
Women in the Bible.
Electronic books.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11183872
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ISBN:9780567651822
0567651827
1850756023
1850757763
9781850757764
9781850756026
1281814113
9781281814111
9786611814113
6611814116
Notes:Includes bibliographical references (pages 254-267)-and indexes.
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Summary: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 an ongoing convergence strategy, which may have begun when Israelite sages adapted for a Yahwistic context language and imagery earlier associated with female deities. In a subtle move, McKinlay draws upon contemporary reader resistance in order to counter such ideological moves by the scribes, whose.
Other form:Print version: McKinlay, Judith E. Gendering wisdom the host. Sheffield, Eng. : Sheffield Academic Press, ©1996 1850756023 9781850756026

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