Screen LibraryBen Sira on family, gender, and sexuality /
The Book of Ben Sira, the longest Jewish wisdom book, is a combination of wisdom poems about a personified female wisdom figure, and of teachings on everyday issues including marriage, family life, self-control, desires, and sexual promiscuity. Its author demonstrates an anxiety regarding matters of...
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De Gruyter,
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| Publisher Address: | Berlin ;Boston : |
| Publication Dates: |
[2011] ©2011 |
| Literature type: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Deuterocanonical and cognate literature studies ;
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| Summary: |
The Book of Ben Sira, the longest Jewish wisdom book, is a combination of wisdom poems about a personified female wisdom figure, and of teachings on everyday issues including marriage, family life, self-control, desires, and sexual promiscuity. Its author demonstrates an anxiety regarding matters of sexuality in the discussions of social relations, including marriage, family life, and in warnings against sexual wrongdoing.This study examines all teachings concerning sexuality in the context of family relations and gender issues with a special regard to the differences between the Hebrew original text of the book and its Greek translation. |
| Carrier Form: | 1 online resource (344pages). |
| ISBN: | 9783110247473 |
| Index Number: | BS1765 |
| CLC: | B971.1 |
| Contents: |
Frontmatter -- Acknowledgments -- Table of contents -- Introduction with literature review and methodology -- Chapter 1: Respect for fathers and mothers and the treatmentofwidows -- Chapter 2: The anxiety of bringing up children: teachings on sons and daughters -- Chapter 3: Teachings on marital relationships -- Chapter 4: Teachings on sexual behaviour that is either illicit and/or discouraged, including adultery and approaching prostitutes, virgins, maidservants -- Chapter 5: Wisdom poems -- Chapter 6: Conclusion -- Appendix -- Bibliography -- Index of modern authors -- Index of ancient texts |