Subverting Sexuality: Manly Women; Womanly Men in Judges 4–5
Judges chapters 4 and 5 feature first a narrative account, and then a poetic depiction of a 12th century bce battle and its aftermath. The conflict is between the forces of Israel and those of a Canaanite commander. In these chapters traditional sexual roles are overturned and subverted. Women are m...
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Medienart: | Elektronisch Aufsatz |
Sprache: | Englisch |
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2015
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Biblical theology bulletin
Jahr: 2015, Band: 45, Heft: 1, Seiten: 32-37 |
weitere Schlagwörter: | B
Role Reversal
B Deborah B Sisera B Judges B Baraq B Jael |
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Zusammenfassung: | Judges chapters 4 and 5 feature first a narrative account, and then a poetic depiction of a 12th century bce battle and its aftermath. The conflict is between the forces of Israel and those of a Canaanite commander. In these chapters traditional sexual roles are overturned and subverted. Women are manly, and men are womanly. That these gender-based stereotypes are so clearly upended is integral to the message of the received text. |
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ISSN: | 1945-7596 |
Enthält: | Enthalten in: Biblical theology bulletin
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Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1177/0146107914564823 |