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Constructing femininity in the book of Jubilees : the bellicose days / by Chontel Syfox.

Van Pelt Library BS1830.J8 S94 2025
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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Syfox, Chontel, author.
Series:
Biblical interpretation series ; v. 230.
Biblical interpretation series, 0928-0731 ; volume 230
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Book of Jubilees--Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Book of Jubilees.
Women in Judaism.
Femininity--Religious aspects--Judaism.
Femininity.
Physical Description:
viii, 195 pages ; 25 cm
Place of Publication:
Leiden ; New York : Brill, [2025]
Summary:
"A striking feature of the book of Jubilees is the visibility it gives to women in comparison to Genesis, with the matriarchs especially seeming to play an outsized role in the rewriting. Utilising approaches drawn from the fields of gender and feminist studies, Constructing Femininity in the Book of Jubilees interrogates the motives and priorities that guided the rewriter in his re-presentation of the matriarchs, asking to what extent the treatment of these characters was unique to this text and its author's attitude towards women or typical of the then literary Zeitgeist"-- Publisher, page 4 of cover.
Contents:
Jubilees: Leah
Judith, Basemath, and Bedsuel
Sarah and Rachel
Rebekah
Jewish novellas and the Greek novel : Esther
Judith
Callirhoe.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 175-189) and indexes.
Other Format:
Online version Syfox, Chontel Constructing femininity in the book of Jubilees
ISBN:
9789004734821
9004734821
OCLC:
1533962115

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