Smooth words : women, Proverbs, and performance in biblical wisdom / Carole Fontaine.

This book explores the social roles of women as portrayed within the book of Proverbs, as well as the character archetypes and patriarchal ideologies which undergird the sages' portrayal. Using feminist folklore methodologies and performance studies, the author explores an alternative paradigm...

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Main Author: Fontaine, Carole R.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: London ; New York : Sheffield Academic, ©2002.
Series:Journal for the study of the Old Testament. Supplement series ; 356.
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Summary:This book explores the social roles of women as portrayed within the book of Proverbs, as well as the character archetypes and patriarchal ideologies which undergird the sages' portrayal. Using feminist folklore methodologies and performance studies, the author explores an alternative paradigm for understanding women's relationship to wisdom traditions in the ancient near east, using parallel texts, later midrash and extrabiblical re-presentations of biblical women associated with wisdom. The author demonstrates that women were culturally authorized 'performers' of the family based wisdom trad.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xv, 296 pages) : illustrations
Format:Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 272-285) and indexes.
ISBN:9780567120021
0567120023
1281803030
9781281803030
9786611803032
6611803033
Language:English.
Reproduction Note:Electronic reproduction.
Source of Description, Etc. Note:Print version record.
Action Note:digitized