Karen Langton

The Womb and the Simile of the Woman in Labor in the Hebrew Bible (eBook, ePUB)

Embodying Relationship with YHWH

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

This book explores figurative images of the womb and the simile of a woman in labor from the Hebrew Bible, problematizing previous interpretations that present these as disparate images and showing how their interconnectivity embodies relationship with YHWH.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. Oktober 2024
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781040149768
• Artikelnr.: 72274514

Autorenporträt

Karen Langton is a Visiting Assistant Professor of Religious Studies at Fairfield University, Fairfield, Connecticut. Her publications include YHWH as a Woman in Labour: The Controlled Pregnant Female Body in Labour and Bringing to Birth: Relationship with YHWH. Her current research engages material religion explored through textiles.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
1: Methodology
Section I: The Womb
2: The Womb in Job
3: Psalm 139
4: Brought Forth from the Womb in Psalms 22 and 71
Section II: A Woman in Labor
5: Non-Biblical ANE Texts - A Woman in Labor
6: Isaiah Like a Woman in Labor
7: YHWH Like a Woman in Labor
Conclusion: The Interconnectivity.