Gendering wisdom the host : biblical invitations to eat and drink /

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Author / Creator:	McKinlay, Judith E.
Imprint:	Sheffield, Eng. : Sheffield Academic Press, ©1996.
Description:	1 online resource (280 pages).
Language:	English
Series:	Journal for the study of the Old Testament. Supplement series ; 216 Gender, culture, theory ; 4 Journal for the study of the Old Testament. Supplement series ; 216. Gender, culture, theory ; 4.
Subject:	Bible -- Feminist criticism. Bible. -- Proverbs, IX -- Criticism, interpretation, etc. Bible. -- Ecclesiasticus -- Criticism, interpretation, etc. Bible. -- John, IV -- Criticism, interpretation, etc. Bible. Bible. -- Ecclesiasticus. Sex role -- Biblical teaching. Sacred meals -- Biblical teaching. Women in the Bible. Feminist criticism. Sacred meals -- Biblical teaching. Sex role -- Biblical teaching. Women in the Bible. Electronic books. Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11183872

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ISBN:	9780567651822 0567651827 1850756023 1850757763 9781850757764 9781850756026 1281814113 9781281814111 9786611814113 6611814116
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 254-267)-and indexes. Restrictions unspecified Electronic reproduction. [S.l.] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010. Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 English. digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve Print version record.
Summary:	This work looks at the intertextual relationships of the invitations to eat and drink in Proverbs, Ben Sira and John 4. If the first two invitations are offered by a female Wisdom/Sophia, what are the gender implications when the hostess becomes a host in John 4? The study poses the possibility of an ongoing convergence strategy, which may have begun when Israelite sages adapted for a Yahwistic context language and imagery earlier associated with female deities. In a subtle move, McKinlay draws upon contemporary reader resistance in order to counter such ideological moves by the scribes, whose.
Other form:	Print version: McKinlay, Judith E. Gendering wisdom the host. Sheffield, Eng. : Sheffield Academic Press, ©1996 1850756023 9781850756026

Table of Contents:

Abbreviations; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Chapter 1 IN SEARCH OF ANCESTRY; Chapter 2 PROVERBS 9.1-6, 13-18; Chapter 3 PROVERBS 9.7-12 AND OTHER WISDOM POEMS; Chapter 4 FOLLY IN THE COMPANY OF OTHER WOMEN; Chapter 5 WOMEN IN PROVERBS; Chapter 6 THE WISDOM OF BEN SIRA; Chapter 7 WOMEN IN BEN SIRA; Chapter 8 ON THE QUEST OF THE FEMININE IN JOHN 4; Chapter 9 WOMEN IN JOHN'S GOSPEL; Chapter 10 SOME IMPLICATIONS; Select Bibliography; Index of References; Index of Authors.

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