UID:
almahu_9949244401102882
Format:
1 online resource (290 p.)
ISBN:
9783110330892
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9783110238570
Series Statement:
Beihefte zur Zeitschrift für die alttestamentliche Wissenschaft , 453
Content:
Gender in the Book of Ben Sira is a semantic analysis and, also, an investigation of hermeneutical pathways for performing such an analysis. A comparison of possible Greek and Hebrew gender taxonomies precedes the extensive delineation of the target-category, gender. The delineation includes invisible influences in the Book of Ben Sira such as the author's choices of genre and his situation as a member of a colonized group within a Hellenistic empire. When the Book of Ben Sira's genre-constrained invectives against women and male fools are excluded, the remaining expectations for women and for men are mostly equivalent, in terms of a pious life lived according to Torah. However, Ben Sira says nothing about distinctions at the level of how "living according to Torah" would differ for the two groups. His book presents an Edenic ideal of marriage through allusions to Genesis 1 to 4, and a substantial overlap of erotic discourse for the female figures of Wisdom and the "intelligent wife" creates tropes similar to those of the Song of Songs. In addition, Ben Sira's colonial status affects what he says and how he says it; by writing in Hebrew, he could craft the Greek genres of encomium and invective to carry multiple levels of meaning that subvert Hellenistic/Greek claims to cultural superiority.
Note:
Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
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In English.
In:
DGBA Backlist Complete English Language 2000-2014 PART1, De Gruyter, 9783110238570
In:
DGBA Backlist Theology and Religious Studies 2000-2014 (EN), De Gruyter, 9783110238549
In:
DGBA Theology and Religious Studies 2000 - 2014, De Gruyter, 9783110638165
In:
E-BOOK GESAMTPAKET / COMPLETE PACKAGE 2013, De Gruyter, 9783110317350
In:
E-BOOK PACKAGE THEOLOGY, JUDAISM, RELIGION 2013, De Gruyter, 9783110317343
In:
E-BOOK PAKET THEOLOGIE, RELIGIONSWISS., JUDAISTIK 2013, De Gruyter, 9783110317336
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9783110330793
Language:
English
Subjects:
Theology
Keywords:
Electronic books
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Hochschulschrift
DOI:
10.1515/9783110330892
URL:
https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110330892
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https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9783110330892
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