Eve's Journey: Feminine Images in Hebraic Literary Tradition

Nehama Aschkenasy

Published by University of Pennsylvania Press 1987

Eve's Journey

Feminine Images in Hebraic Literary Tradition

Nehama Aschkenasy

https://doi.org/10.9783/9781512800111

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In Eve's Journey, Nehama Aschkenasy traces the migration of several female images and feminine situations from their early appearances in Biblical writings to their incarnations in modern Hebraic literature. Focusing on the evolution of early female archetypes and prototypes, Aschkenasy uncovers the ancient roots of modern female characters and traces the changing cultural perceptions of women in Hebraic letters.

The author draws on the vast body of Hebraic literary documents to illustrate how the female character is a mirror of her times as well as being a product of her creator''s imagination and conception of the woman's role in society and in fiction. The historical spectrum, provided by a discussion of Biblical narratives, Midrashic sources, documents of the Jewish mystics, Hasidic tales, and modern Hebrew works, allows an understanding of the metamorphosis that the female figure has experienced in her literary odyssey.

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Nehama Aschkenasy is Professor of Comparative Literacy and Cultural Studies, and Director of the Center for Judaic and Middle Eastern Studies, at the University of Connecticut, Stamford.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
Acknowledgments Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	ix
Preface Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	xi
One. The Mutation of Feminine Otherness: A Historical Overview Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
Two. Evil, Sex, and the Demonic Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	37
Three. The Empty Vessel: Woman as Mother Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	77
Four. Woman and Oppression Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	107
Five. Female Strategy Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	159
Epilogue Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	251
A Selected Bibliography Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	257
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	263

Language: English
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
Audience: College/higher education;
Pages
- Main content: 288
Keywords: Literature; Religion; Cultural Studies; Jewish Studies; Anthropology; Folklore; Linguistics

eBook

Published: August 12, 2015
ISBN: 9781512800111