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The world of Genesis : persons, places, perspectives / edited by Philip R. Davies and David J.A. Clines.
Van Pelt Library BS1235.2 .W67 1998
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- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Journal for the study of the Old Testament. Supplement series ; 257.
- Journal for the study of the Old Testament. Supplement series ; 257
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Bible. Genesis--Criticism, interpretation, etc.
- Bible.
- Bible. Genesis.
- Women in the Bible.
- Men in the Bible.
- Physical Description:
- 179 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Sheffield, England : Sheffield Academic Press, [1998]
- Summary:
- Although it opens with an argument that the earth, and not humanity, is the real subject of Genesis 1-11, this collection of essays focuses first on female personalities in Genesis (Eve, Hagar, Rebeccah, Tamar and the four tribal matriarchs), then on male characters (Abraham, Ishmael, Pharaoh). The treatment ranges from historical-critical analysis, through discourse analysis and narrative, ideological and psychological analyses, to postmodern autobiographical exegesis. Among the many delights of this selection are the mingling of traditional and contemporary perspectives, especially the interplay of gender at the level of the biblical text and of the modern author-and perhaps also of the modern reader of this fascinating assortment of studies on tales of human ancestry.
- Contents:
- Genesis and the gendered world / Philip R. Davies
- Facing the earth : primaeval history in a new perspective / Ellen Van Wolde
- Postmodernizing Eve and Adam : Can I have my apricot as well as eating it? / John Goldingay
- Hagar : a woman with an attitude / Nina Rulon-Miller
- The woman of their dreams : the image of Rebekah in Genesis 24 / Susanne Gillmayr-Bucher
- Genesis 38 : structure and literary design / Anthony J. Lambe
- The matriarchal groupings of the tribal eponyms : a reappraisal / Rafael Frankel
- A crux and a taunt : night-time then sunset in Genesis 13 / Scott B. Noegel
- Parataxis, rhetorical structure, and the dialogue over Sodom in Genesis 18 / Jack R. Lundbom
- The place of Ishmael / John Goldingay
- The determination of Pharaoh : his characterization in the Joseph story (Genesis 37-50) / Barbara Green.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
- ISBN:
- 1850758751
- OCLC:
- 40964541
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