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Comedy and feminist interpretation of the Hebrew Bible : a subversive collaboration /

Exploring the Hebrew Bible for evidence of comedy, this volume further asks how reading the Hebrew Bible through a comic 'lens' might positively inform feminist interpretation. The exploration is conducted with a number of Hebrew Bible narratives, all of which prominently involve female ch...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Jackson, Melissa A. (Melissa Anne), 1971-
Corporate Authors: Oxford University Press.
Published: Oxford University Press,
Publisher Address: Oxford :
Publication Dates: 2012.
Literature type: eBook
Language: English
Edition: First edition.
Series: Oxford theological monographs
Subjects:
Bible. > Old Testament > Feminist criticism.
Wit and humor in the Bible.
Women in the Bible.
Bible and feminism.
Online Access: http://www.iresearchbook.cn/f/ebook/detail?id=6e680af9f5f14afc902dbcdc3ea8efe4
Summary: Exploring the Hebrew Bible for evidence of comedy, this volume further asks how reading the Hebrew Bible through a comic 'lens' might positively inform feminist interpretation. The exploration is conducted with a number of Hebrew Bible narratives, all of which prominently involve female characters.
Carrier Form: 1 online resource (285 pages).
Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
ISBN: 9780191630767
9780199656776
Index Number: BS680
CLC: B971.1
Contents: 1. An introduction to comedy -- 2. Trickster matriarchs: Lot's daughters, Rebekah, Leah, Rachel, Tamar -- 3. Five women of Moses' infancy: Shiphrah and Puah, Moses' mother and sister, Pharaoh's daughter -- 4. Rahab -- 5. Deborah and Jael -- 6. Delilah -- 7. David's wives: Michal, Abigail, Bathsheba -- 8. Jezebel -- 9. Ruth -- 10. Esther -- 11. Conclusions: comedy and Hebrew Bible -- 12. Conclusions: comedy, the Hebrew Bible, and feminist interpretation.

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