Carnival in Jerusalem: Power and subversiveness in the early Second Temple period
The article explores some aspects of the gender power relations in the society of the Second Temple period. It analyses the power relations in terms of hidden and public transcripts, as they appear in post-exilic society where an upper class was in the process of establishing its position as the pow...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
| Check availability: | HBZ Gateway |
| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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1996
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| In: |
Old Testament essays
Year: 1996, Volume: 9, Issue: 1, Pages: 88-110 |
| Further subjects: | B
Second Temple Period
B Exogamous marriages B power relations B Ezra B Carnivalesque life B Folklore trickster figure B Nehemiah B Foreign women B Desecration |
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Volltext (kostenfrei) |
| Summary: | The article explores some aspects of the gender power relations in the society of the Second Temple period. It analyses the power relations in terms of hidden and public transcripts, as they appear in post-exilic society where an upper class was in the process of establishing its position as the powerful dominant elite. Within this circle Ezra and Nehemiah acted against foreign women, because they threatened the identity and integrity of the community. Elucidating the foreign women's role as that of breakers of boundaries, the article explores the subversive character of the trickster figure of folklore. There is a structural resonance between the two in that both ridicule power. |
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| ISSN: | 2312-3621 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Old Testament essays
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| Persistent identifiers: | HDL: 10520/AJA10109919_665 |