Description: Countertraditions in the Bible by Ilana Pardes In this eye-opening book, llana Pardes explores the tense dialogue between dominant patriarchal discourses of the Bible and counter female voices. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description In this eye-opening book, llana Pardes explores the tense dialogue between dominant patriarchal discourses of the Bible and counter female voices. Pardes studies womens plots and subplots, dreams and pursuits, uncovering the diverse and at times conflicting figurations of femininity in biblical texts. She also sketches the ways in which antipatriarchal elements intermingle with other repressed elements in the Bible: polytheistic traditions, skeptical voices, and erotic longings. Notes This book marks the much needed next step in feminist biblical criticism. -- Mieke Bal This lively and stimulating book probes the words and the silences of such figures as Eve, Rachel, and Zipporah, using their stories in turn to test a variety of contemporary feminist approaches to the Bible...[An] original blend of text history, feminist theory, and literary analysis. -- David Damrosch Author Biography Ilana Pardes is Lecturer in Comparative Literature and English at the Hebrew University, Jerusalem. Table of Contents 1. Preliminary Excavations Miriam and Her Brothers 2. Creation according to Eve Elizabeth Cady Stanton Simone de Beauvoir and Kate Millett Phyllis Trible Esther Fuchs Mieke Bal The Book of J Conclusion 3. Beyond Genesis 3: The Politics of Maternal Naming Maternal Naming-Speeches Uprising Reversal: Dialogic Naming Falling Again Creative Hierarchies When P Expands on Genesis I P versus J Mixed Languages 4. Rachels Dream: The Female Subplot The Young Barren One versus The Elder Cowife Exchanging Plots Joining Forces Rachels Death Difference in Development Dreams and Reality 5. Zipporah and the Struggle for Deliverance Female Saviors Back to the Ark The Bridgeroom of Blood Textual Traces The Egyptian Connection The Politics of Transition Longings Eruption 6. The Book of Ruth: Idyllic Revisionism The Plot of Female Bonding The Doubling of the Female Subject Estrangement A Midrashic Parallel 7. " I Am a Wall, and my Breast like Towers": The Song of Songs and the Question of Canonization The (Im)purity of the Songs Eros Constructions of Gender Refraction Revisited Dreams and Walls The Changing of the Guard The Keepers of the Torah 8. Conclusion Jobs Wife Beyond Piety Fragment Names Open House Notes Bibliography Index Review This book marks the much needed next step in feminist biblical criticism. -- Mieke BalIlana Pardes planes the Bibles surface to expose the lineaments that run against the grain, challenging the pat assumptions of our predecessors. Pardes focuses on the unconventional, the irregular, in Biblical literature and points up instances in which a female voice in permitted its say—until the masculine voice resumes. -- Edward L. Greenstein * Jerusalem Report *Distinguishing herself from feminist Biblical scholars who regard the Bible as a wholly patriarchal work, Pardes sees the text itself as challenging gender distinctions… Her arguments are buttressed with an impressive command of Biblical scholarship and an awareness of the sensitive, nuanced readings to be found in Rabbinic literature. -- Yehudah Mirsky * Forward *This lively and stimulating book probes the words and the silences of such figures as Eve, Rachel, and Zipporah, using their stories in turn to test a variety of contemporary feminist approaches to the Bible… [An] original blend of text history, feminist theory, and literary analysis. -- David Damrosch Promotional This book marks the much needed next step in feminist biblical criticism. -- Mieke Bal This lively and stimulating book probes the words and the silences of such figures as Eve, Rachel, and Zipporah, using their stories in turn to test a variety of contemporary feminist approaches to the Bible...[An] original blend of text history, feminist theory, and literary analysis. -- David Damrosch Review Quote This lively and stimulating book probes the words and the silences of such figures as Eve, Rachel, and Zipporah, using their stories in turn to test a variety of contemporary feminist approaches to the Biblee Details ISBN067417545X Author Ilana Pardes Short Title COUNTERTRADITIONS IN THE BIBLE Publisher Harvard University Press Language English ISBN-10 067417545X ISBN-13 9780674175457 Media Book Format Paperback DEWEY 220.92 Imprint Harvard University Press Subtitle A Feminist Approach Place of Publication Cambridge, Mass Country of Publication United States Illustrations 1 line illustration Pages 206 Edition Description Revised DOI 10.1604/9780674175457 UK Release Date 2004-02-04 AU Release Date 2004-02-04 NZ Release Date 2004-02-04 Audience Undergraduate Year 1993 Publication Date 1993-10-15 US Release Date 1993-10-15 We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. 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ISBN-13: 9780674175457
Book Title: Countertraditions in the Bible
Number of Pages: 206 Pages
Language: English
Publication Name: Countertraditions in the Bibles: a Feminist Approach
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Publication Year: 1993
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Item Height: 210 mm
Item Weight: 236 g
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Author: Ilana Pardes
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