Ben Sira and the men who handle books : gender and the rise of canon-consciousness /
Camp, Claudia V.,1951-,author.
Includes bibliographical references (pages [192]-199) and indexes.
Theoretical perspectives -- Ben Sira's gendered ethos I: honor and shame among men -- Ben Sira's gendered ethos II: honor, shame, sex, and the struggle for control -- Ben Sira's gendered worldview: honor, shame, wisdom, and cult -- Ben Sira's gendered spaces: sex, text, and temple -- Becoming canon: women, texts, and scribes from Proverbs to Sirach -- Men who handle books I: textuality and the problem of theodicy -- Men who handle books II: textuality and the birth of authorial self-consciousness -- Wealth, women, and the iconic book: possession and the ethics of shame.
Bible.
Women in the Bible.