Reimagining Delilah's afterlives as femme fatale: the lost seduction

Chapter 1: The femme fatale: cultural icon -- Chapter 2: Mind the gap part 1: Delilah's interpretive afterlives -- Chapter 3: Mind the gap part 2: Delilah's cultural afterlives -- Chapter 4: Delilah redux.

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Main Author: Blyth, Caroline 1967- (Author)
Format: Electronic Book
Language:English
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Published: London, England Bloomsbury T & T Clark 2020
In: Library of Hebrew bible/Old Testament studies (652)
Year: 2020
Reviews:[Rezension von: Blyth, Caroline, Reimagining Delilah’s Afterlives as Femme Fatale : The Lost Seduction] (2022) (Vander Stichele, Caroline, 1959 -)
[Rezension von: Blyth, Caroline, Reimagining Delilah’s Afterlives as Femme Fatale : The Lost Seduction] (2019) (Grafius, Brandon R.)
[Rezension von: Blyth, Caroline, Reimagining Delilah’s Afterlives as Femme Fatale : The Lost Seduction] (2019) (Finitsis, Antonios)
[Rezension von: Russaw, Kimberly D., Daughters in the Hebrew Bible; Powell, Stephanie Day, Narrative desire and the Book of Ruth; Blyth, Caroline, 1967-, Reimagining Delilah's afterlives as femme fatale] (2020) (Kahn-Harris, Deborah)
Series/Journal:Library of Hebrew bible/Old Testament studies Old Testament studies 652
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Delilah / Bible. Judge 16 / Exegesis / Femmes fatale / Feminist theology
B Bible. Judge 16 / Delilah / Femmes fatale / Feminist theology
IxTheo Classification:HB Old Testament
Further subjects:B Delilah (Biblical figure)
B Delilah
B Biblical studies & exegesis
B Bible. Judges, XVI Criticism, interpretation, etc
B Bible
B Electronic books
B Bible. Judges, XVI Feminist criticism
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Summary:Chapter 1: The femme fatale: cultural icon -- Chapter 2: Mind the gap part 1: Delilah's interpretive afterlives -- Chapter 3: Mind the gap part 2: Delilah's cultural afterlives -- Chapter 4: Delilah redux.
"The story of Samson and Delilah in Judges 16 has been studied and retold over the centuries by biblical interpreters, artists, musicians, filmmakers and writers. Within these scholarly and cultural retellings, Delilah is frequently fashioned as the quintessential femme fatale -- the shamelessly seductive 'fatal woman' whose sexual treachery ultimately leads to Samson's downfall. Yet these ubiquitous portrayals of Delilah as femme fatale tend to eclipse the many other viable readings of her character that lie, underexplored, within the ambiguity-laden narrative of Judges 16 -- interpretations that offer alternative and more sympathetic portrayals of her biblical persona. In Reimagining Delilah's Afterlives as Femme Fatale, Caroline Blyth guides readers through an in-depth exploration of Delilah's afterlives as femme fatale in both biblical interpretation and popular culture, tracing the social and historical factors that may have inspired them. She then considers alternative afterlives for Delilah's character, using as inspiration both the Judges 16 narrative and a number of cultural texts which deconstruct traditional understandings of the femme fatale, thereby inviting readers to view this iconic biblical character in new and fascinating lights"--
Item Description:Chapter 1: The femme fatale: cultural icon -- Chapter 2: Mind the gap. Part 1: Delilah's afterlives as femme fatale in biblical interpretation -- Chapter 3: Mind the gap. Part 2: Delilah's afterlives as femme fatale in popular culture -- Chapter 4: Alternative afterlives: deconstructing Delilah as femme fatale
Includes bibliographical references and indexes
Format:Mode of access: World Wide Web.
ISBN:0567673146
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Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.5040/9780567673145