Title: With eyes of flesh : the bible, gender and human rights /
Authors: Fontaine, Carole R.
Publisher: Sheffield Phoenix Press,
Year: 2008
Subjects: Bible Criticism, interpretation, etc.; Sex role Religious aspects; Human rights Religious aspects Christianity; Human rights Religious aspects Judaism; Human rights Religious aspects Islam
Contents: 'With eyes of flesh' (Job 10:4): towards a concept of human rights in the Bible and the ancient near East -- Gendering the captive: representations of the abuse of human dignity -- The body breached: intimations of human dignity -- Reading for the best: toward diversity in interpretation -- The abusive Bible: on the use of feminist method -- 'Many devices' (Qoheleth 7.23-8.1): Qoheleth, misogyny, and the 'Malleus maleficarum' -- "Come, lie with me!': the mythology of honor killings and female desire in biblical Israel and the ancient near East -- You shall not stand idly by.