Sex and slaughter in the tent of Jael : a cultural history of a biblical story / Colleen M. Conway.

Author
Conway, Colleen M. [Browse]
Format
Book
Language
English
Published/​Created
New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2017]
Description
xii, 213 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

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    "This book traces the retelling of the biblical story from Judges 4-5 in ancient retellings of the Bible, visual art, poems, plays, and novels. The books shows how these cultural productions of an old biblical story intersect with broader conversations about the often conflicted, and sometimes violent, relationship between women and men"-- Provided by publisher.
    Bibliographic references
    Includes bibliographical references (pages 171-208) and indexes.
    Contents
    • Introduction: a cultural history of Jael and Sisera
    • 2. Ancient stories of Jael and Sisera: the biblical versions
    • 3. Problem solving in ancient retellings of Jael and Sisera
    • 4. From allegory to morality: Jael and Sisera go public
    • 5. Painting Jael and Sisera in the renaissance
    • 6. Motives for murder in 19th and early 20th century cultural performances of Jael and Sisera
    • 7. Jael rides the second wave of feminism
    • 8. Gender, and cultural memory in A.S. Byatt's Jael
    • 9. Old tales in new forms: reflections on a cultural history of a biblical tradition.
    ISBN
    • 9780190626877 ((hardback ; : alk. paper))
    • 0190626879 ((hardback ; : alk. paper))
    LCCN
    2016006303
    OCLC
    962890200
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