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Comedy and feminist interpretation of the Hebrew Bible : a subversive collaboration / Melissa A. Jackson.
LIBRA BS680.W63 J33 2012
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Jackson, Melissa A. (Melissa Anne), 1971-
- Series:
- Oxford theological monographs
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Bible. Old Testament.
- Wit and humor in the Bible.
- Women in the Bible.
- Bible and feminism.
- Bible. Old Testament--Feminist criticism.
- Bible.
- Feminist criticism.
- Physical Description:
- 285 pages ; 23 cm.
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford : Oxford University Press, [2012]
- Summary:
- Exploring the Hebrew Bible for evidence of comedy, this volume further asks how reading the Hebrew Bible through a comic 'lens' might positively inform feminist interpretation. The exploration is conducted with a number of Hebrew Bible narratives, all of which prominently involve female characters.
- Contents:
- 1. An introduction to comedy
- 2. Trickster matriarchs: Lot's daughters, Rebekah, Leah, Rachel, Tamar
- 3. Five women of Moses' infancy: Shiphrah and Puah, Moses' mother and sister, Pharaoh's daughter
- 4. Rahab
- 5. Deborah and Jael
- 6. Delilah
- 7. David's wives: Michal, Abigail, Bathsheba
- 8. Jezebel
- 9. Ruth
- 10. Esther
- 11. Conclusions: comedy and Hebrew Bible
- 12. Conclusions: comedy, the Hebrew Bible, and feminist interpretation.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
- ISBN:
- 9780199656776
- 0199656770
- OCLC:
- 778419201
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