Melissa Jackson

Comedy and Feminist Interpretation of the Hebrew Bible

A Subversive Collaboration

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Produktbeschreibung

This book explores the Hebrew Bible for evidence of comedy and 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.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press, USA
• Seitenzahl: 298
• Erscheinungstermin: 29. September 2012
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 218mm x 145mm x 23mm
• Gewicht: 499g
• ISBN-13: 9780199656776
• ISBN-10: 0199656770
• Artikelnr.: 36453882

Autorenporträt

Melissa, a native of North Carolina, did her undergraduate study in journalism and business at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill. Veering from that course of study took her to Baptist Theological Seminary at Richmond (Virginia), where she obtained a Master of Divinity and was subsequently ordained as a Baptist minister. After working several years in the church, she returned to academia in Oxford, where she was awarded a Dphil in Theology (Old Testament). Melissa is currently back in Richmond at her alma mater, BTSR, teaching Old Testament studies.

Inhaltsangabe

* 1: An introduction to comedy
* 2: Trickster matriarchs: Lot s daughters, Rebekah, Leah, Rachel,
Tamar
* 3: Shiphrah and Puah, Moses mother, Moses 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 the Hebrew Bible
* 12: Conclusions: comedy, the Hebrew Bible, and feminist
interpretation