Are we amused? : humour about women in the biblical worlds / edited by Athalya Brenner.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Brenner-Idan, Athalya.

Series:

BTC (Series) ; 2.

Journal for the study of the Old Testament. Supplement series ; 383.

Journal for the study of the Old Testament. Supplement series ; 383

Bible in the 21st century ; 2

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Women in the Bible.

Wit and humor in the Bible.

Bible--Feminist criticism.

Bible.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (169 p.)

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : T & T Clark International, c2003.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Biblical humor about women and gender remains elusive for many readers, for its recognition may imply the realization that it's a cruel and disrespectful humor, ridicule rather than good-natured fun. But viewing humor as social critique, as is largely done in the essays in this volume, with respect to both the texts read and their actual or implied author, may be fun as well as significant for understanding the biblical worlds. As most of the essays show, writing about women is writing about men as well. In other words, it is writing about gender roles. The critique of women, womanhood and fem

Contents:

Contents; Series Editor's Preface; Abbreviations; Introduction; Part I: ESSAYS; Those Riotous-Yet Righteous-Foremothers of Jesus: Exploring Matthew's Comic Genealogy; 'More Righteous than I': The Comeuppance of the Trickster in Genesis 38; Humor, Turnabouts and Survival in the Book of Esther; Is that Fearfully Funny? Some Instances from the Apocryphal/Deuterocanonical Books; At the Expense of Women: Humor(?) in Acts 16.14-40; Are We Amused? Small and Big Differences in Josephus' Re-Presentations of Biblical Female Figures in the Jewish Antiquities 1-8

Ooooh, Onan! Geschlechtsgeschicte and Women in the Biblical WorldPart II: RESPONSES; Women's Humor and Other Creative Juices; Laughing with/at/as Women: How Should We Read Biblical Humor?; APPENDIX: BABBLE/BIBLE LIGHT: ON SOME BIBLICAL WOMEN; General Bibliography; Index of References; Index of Authors; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; W; Y; Z

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [143]-151) and indexes.

ISBN:

9786611802301

9781281802309

1281802301

9780826426277

0826426271

OCLC:

276307082