Religion and Female Body in Ancient Judaism and Its Environments

Published by De Gruyter 2015

Religion and Female Body in Ancient Judaism and Its Environments

Edited by: Géza G. Xeravits

Volume 28 in the series Deuterocanonical and Cognate Literature Studies

https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110410099

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About this book

The volume publishes papers read at the ninth International Conference on the Deuterocanonical Books, Budapest, 2012. The title of the conference and the issuing volume covers an, on the one hand, extremely important and, on the other hand, regrettably neglected aspect particularly of the ancient Jewish and Christian traditions. Traditional manifestations of both Judaism and Christianity are predominantly masculine theological constructions. Despite their harsh masculine orientation, however, neither Judaism nor Christianity lacks elaboration on the female principle. When an ancient author chooses female imagery in order to make his message more emphatic, the female body as such forms an integral part of their metaphors. The contributions in this volume explore this phenomenon within the literature of early Judaism, and within its broad environments.

Author / Editor information

Géza G. Xeravits, Sapientia College of Theology, Budapest, Hungary and Selye J. University, Komárno, Slovakia.

Reviews

"The volume is an interesting presentation of Hungarian scholarship. The publication is recommended to all those interested in the Deuterocanonical and generally intertestamental literature."
Zdzislaw J. Kapera in: The Polish Journal of Biblical Research 17 (2018), 168-170

"The volume is diverse and interesting and sheds light on the ancients’ complex attitude towards the female body. It is recommended to all those interested in gender and the ancient Near East."
Yael Shemesh in: Biblische Notizen / Biblical Notes. Neue Folge 175 (2017), 146-147

"Il volume curato da Xeravits si presenta dunque come un’ottima sintesi su un tema di grande attualità anche negli studi biblici."
Vincenzo Cuffaro in: Rivista Biblica 4 (2017), 605-611

"Those interested in the ancient portrayal of women or anthropology more broadly will find this volume helpful."
Jason Maston in: Religious Studies Review 43/3 (2017), 280-281

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Preface Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	v
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
Mesopotamia
The Voices of Ištar Réka Esztári and Ádám Vér Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	3
The Hebrew Bible and Its Environments
The Female Body in Israel and Judah before the Exile Miklós Kőszeghy Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	43
Menstruation and Impurity Thomas Hieke Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	54
Early Judaism
“She Undid Him with the Beauty of Her Face” (Jdt 16.6) Benjamin G. Wright and Suzanne M. Edwards Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	73
The Female Body in Second Temple Literature Ida Fröhlich Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	109
The Personification of Wisdom and Folly as Women in Ancient Judaism Matthew Goff Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	128
“Pillars of Gold on a Silver Base:” Ibolya Balla Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	155
Women’s Roles in the Narrative and Theology of the Book of Tobit Karin Schöpflin Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	173
Judith as a Female David József Zsengellér Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	186
Christianity and Gnosticism
Female Imagery in the Book of Revelation Hanna Stenström Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	213
Female Body? Csaba Ötvös Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	225
The City without(?) Women Gáspár Parlagi Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	246
Index of Sources Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	263

(Deutsch)

Language: English
Publisher: De Gruyter
Audience: Theology, biblical studies, ancient history, gender studies
Pages
- Front matter: 8
- Main content: 270
Illustrations
- Illustrations: 15
- Tables: 2
Keywords: Early Judaism; Early Christianity; gender; femininity

eBook

Published: April 24, 2015
ISBN: 9783110410099

Hardcover

Published: April 24, 2015
ISBN: 9783110406535