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Countertraditions in the Bible
Ilana Pardes
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Description for Countertraditions in the Bible
paperback. Explores the tense dialogue between dominant patriarchal discourses of the Bible and counter female voices. Pardes studies women's plots and subplots, dreams and pursuits, uncovering the diverse and at times conflicting figurations of femininity in biblical texts. Num Pages: 206 pages, 1 line illustration. BIC Classification: HRCG; HRJ; HRLC1; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 210 x 140 x 11. Weight in Grams: 236.
In this eye-opening book, llana Pardes explores the tense dialogue between dominant patriarchal discourses of the Bible and counter female voices. Pardes studies women’s plots and subplots, dreams and pursuits, uncovering the diverse and at times conflicting figurations of femininity in biblical texts. She also sketches the ways in which antipatriarchal elements intermingle with other repressed elements in the Bible: polytheistic traditions, skeptical voices, and erotic longings.
In this eye-opening book, llana Pardes explores the tense dialogue between dominant patriarchal discourses of the Bible and counter female voices. Pardes studies women’s plots and subplots, dreams and pursuits, uncovering the diverse and at times conflicting figurations of femininity in biblical texts. She also sketches the ways in which antipatriarchal elements intermingle with other repressed elements in the Bible: polytheistic traditions, skeptical voices, and erotic longings.
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
206
Condition
New
Number of Pages
206
Place of Publication
Cambridge, Mass, United States
ISBN
9780674175457
SKU
V9780674175457
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Ref
99-1
About Ilana Pardes
Ilana Pardes is Lecturer in Comparative Literature and English at the Hebrew University, Jerusalem.
Reviews for Countertraditions in the Bible
This book marks the much needed next step in feminist biblical criticism.
Mieke Bal Ilana Pardes planes the Bible’s surface to expose the lineaments that run against the grain, challenging the pat assumptions of our predecessors. Pardes focuses on the unconventional, the irregular, in Biblical literature and points up instances in which a female voice in permitted its say—until ... Read more
Mieke Bal Ilana Pardes planes the Bible’s surface to expose the lineaments that run against the grain, challenging the pat assumptions of our predecessors. Pardes focuses on the unconventional, the irregular, in Biblical literature and points up instances in which a female voice in permitted its say—until ... Read more