Description: Feminist Companion to Judges, Paperback by Brenner, Athalya (EDT), ISBN 1850754624, ISBN-13 9781850754626, Brand New, Free shipping in the US Th of Judges is replete with female figurations, and has, therefore, received a lot of attention from feminist critics. This volume of essays, however, changes the motivation behind this apparent centrality of female figures, claiming that in fact strong androcentric premises underlie the texts. The overall theme of this sparkling collection focusses on wives, daughters and mothers, and their relationships. An introductory section surveys the women of Judges, investigation satire, paradigm and deviation and the midrashic sources; Brenner and Van Dyck investigate the story and song of Deborah; Fuchs and Exum turn their attention to Jephthah's daughter; Amit and Reinhartz look at women in the Samson story. Finally, three essays, including one by Mieke Bal, deal with the brutal finale of th in chapters 19-21.
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Book Title: Feminist Companion to Judges
Number of Pages: 242 Pages
Language: English
Publication Name: Feminist Companion to Judges
Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic & Professional
Publication Year: 1993
Subject: Biblical Criticism & Interpretation / General, Christian Life / Spiritual Growth
Item Height: 0.5 in
Item Weight: 12.3 Oz
Type: Textbook
Author: Athalya Brenner-Idan
Subject Area: Religion
Item Length: 9.2 in
Item Width: 6.1 in
Series: Feminist Companion to the Bible Ser.
Format: Trade Paperback
