In this Book
- Dangerous Sisters of the Hebrew Bible
- Book
- 2014
- Published by: Augsburg Fortress Publishers
summary
Fathers, sons, and mothers take center stage in the Bibles grand narratives, Amy Kalmanofsky observes. Sisters and sisterhood receive less attention in scholarship but, she argues, play an important role in narratives, revealing anxieties related to desire, agency, and solidarity among women playing out (and playing against) their roles in a patrilineal society. Most often, she shows, sisters are destabilizing figures in narratives about family crisis, where property, patrimony, and the resilience of community boundaries are at risk. Kalmanofsky demonstrates that the particular role of sisters had important narrative effects, revealing previously underappreciated dynamics in Israelite society.
Table of Contents
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- Title Page, Copyright Page
- pp. i-iv
- Acknowledgments
- pp. vii-viii
- Part I: Sister Pairs
- 1: Rachel and Leah
- pp. 19-36
- 2: Michal and Merav
- pp. 37-52
- 3:Israel and Judah
- pp. 53-68
- Part II: Incestuous Sisters
- 4: Lot’s Daughters
- pp. 71-86
- Part III: Sisterhoods
- 8: The Daughters of Jerusalem
- pp. 141-156
- 9: Ruth and Naomi
- pp. 157-174
- 10: Conclusion
- pp. 175-186
- Bibliography
- pp. 187-194
- Index of Names and Subjects
- pp. 195-204
- Index of Biblical References
- pp. 205-208
- Back Cover
- p. BC
Additional Information
ISBN
9781451479690
Related ISBN(s)
9781451469950
MARC Record
OCLC
869282734
Pages
176
Launched on MUSE
2014-03-25
Language
English
Open Access
No