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Gender reversal and cosmic chaos : a study in the book of Ezekiel / S. Tamar Kamionkowski.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Kamionkowski, S. Tamar.
- Series:
- Journal for the study of the Old Testament. Supplement series ; 368.
- Journal for the study of the Old Testament. Supplement series ; 368
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Sex role--Religious aspects--Christianity.
- Sex role.
- Bible. Ezekiel--Criticism, interpretation, etc.
- Bible.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (201 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- London ; New York : Sheffield Academic Press, c2003.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This book is about both the fear of gender reversal and its expression in the prophet Ezekiel's reworking of the marital metaphor. Kamionkowski argues that the abomination of ""wife Jerusalem"" is that she is attempting to pass for a male, thereby crossing gender boundaries and upsetting the world order. This story is therefore one of confused gender scripts, ensuing chaos and a re-ordering through the reinforcement of these strictly defined prescriptions of gendered behaviour.Using socio-historical evidence and the existence of the literary motif of ""men turning into women"" as a framework,
- Contents:
- Contents; Preface; Abbreviations; Chapter 1 INTRODUCTION; Chapter 2 METAPHOR; Chapter 3 GENDER REVERSAL: A WEAK MAN IS A WOMAN; Chapter 4 EZEKIEL 16 AND THE EMASCULATED MAN; Chapter 5 EZEKIEL 23 AND THE HYPERVIRILE MAN; Chapter 6 CONCLUSION; Bibliography; Index of References; Index of Authors
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [153]-177) and indexes.
- ISBN:
- 9786611802554
- 9781281802552
- 1281802557
- 9780567137876
- 0567137872
- OCLC:
- 276358776
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