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Are We Amused?: Humour About Women In The Biblical World

by Athalya Brenner-idan

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Biblical humor about women and gender remains elusive for many readers, for its recognition may imply the realization that it''s a cruel and disrespectful humor, ridicule rather than good-natured fun. But viewing humor as social critique, as is large... Read more
Biblical humor about women and gender remains elusive for many readers, for its recognition may imply the realization that it''s a cruel and disrespectful humor, ridicule rather than good-natured fun. But viewing humor as social critique, as is largely done in the essays in this volume, with respect to both the texts read and their actual or implied author, may be fun as well as significant for understanding the biblical worlds. As most of the essays show, writing about women is writing about men as well. In other words, it is writing about gender roles. The critique of women, womanhood and femaleness implied by biblical and related texts serves, in equal measure, as a critique of men, manhood and maleness in the texts, of the texts authors, and of the texts'' commentators and readers. Contributors include Scott Spencer, Mary Shields, Kathleen O''Connor, Toni Craven, Kathy Williams, Athalya Brenner, Gale Yee, Amy-Jill Levine, and Esther Fuchs. Less

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File size9.21 X 6.14 X 0 in
Print pages170
PublisherBloomsbury
Publication date February 23, 2004
LanguageEnglish
ISBN9780826470836
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Athalya Brenner-Idan
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Athalya Brenner-Idan is Professor Emerita of Hebrew Bible at the University of Amsterdam, the Netherlands, and is now Professor in Biblical Studies at the University of Tel Aviv, Israel. Helen Efthim...

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