Sex and slaughter in the tent of Jael : a cultural history of a biblical story / Colleen M. Conway.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Conway, Colleen M., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Jael (Biblical figure).

Jael.

Sisera (Biblical figure).

Sisera.

Bible. Judges, IV-V--Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Bible.

Physical Description:

xii, 213 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2017]

Summary:

"This book traces the retelling of the biblical story from Judges 4-5 in ancient retellings of the Bible, visual art, poems, plays, and novels. The books shows how these cultural productions of an old biblical story intersect with broader conversations about the often conflicted, and sometimes violent, relationship between women and men"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Introduction: a cultural history of Jael and Sisera

2. Ancient stories of Jael and Sisera: the biblical versions

3. Problem solving in ancient retellings of Jael and Sisera

4. From allegory to morality: Jael and Sisera go public

5. Painting Jael and Sisera in the renaissance

6. Motives for murder in 19th and early 20th century cultural performances of Jael and Sisera

7. Jael rides the second wave of feminism

8. Gender, and cultural memory in A.S. Byatt's Jael

9. Old tales in new forms: reflections on a cultural history of a biblical tradition.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 171-208) and indexes.

Other Format:

Online version: Conway, Colleen M., author. Sex and slaughter in the tent of Jael.

ISBN:

9780190626877

0190626879

OCLC:

962890200