Laura Quick

Dress, Adornment, and the Body in the Hebrew Bible

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Dress, Adornment, and the Body in the Hebrew Bible is the first monograph to treat dress and adornment in biblical literature in the English language, moving beyond a description of these aspects of ancient life to encompass notions of interpersonal relationships and personhood.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press
• Seitenzahl: 254
• Erscheinungstermin: 9. April 2021
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 236mm x 163mm x 23mm
• Gewicht: 544g
• ISBN-13: 9780198856818
• ISBN-10: 0198856814
• Artikelnr.: 60328941

Autorenporträt

Laura Quick is Associate Professor of Hebrew Bible in the Faculty of Theology and Religion, and Tutorial Fellow in Theology and Religion at Worcester College, Oxford.

Inhaltsangabe

* List of Figures
* List of Abbreviations
* Introduction: Dress and Adornment at the Intersection of Material
Culture and Embodiment
* Part I: Dress
* 1: Spread the Hem of Your Cloak Over Me (Ruth 3:9): Dress and the
Body
* 2: He Will Wash His Garments in Wine (Gen. 49:11): Dress and Ritual
* 3: Holy Garments for Glory and for Beauty (Ex. 28:3): Dress and
Identity
* Part II: Adornment
* 4: A Gold Ring in a Swine's Snout (Prov. 11:22): Jewellery and
Personal Religion
* 5: She Painted Her Eyes and Looked Out of the Window (2 Kgs 9:30):
Cosmetics and the Other
* 6: Through a Glass, Darkly (1 Cor. 13:12): Mirrors and the Self
* Conclusions
* Bibliography
* Subject Index
* Index of Primary Sources
* Index of Modern Authors