Silent or salient gender?
Subtitle: the interpretation of gendered God-language in the Hebrew Bible, exemplified in Isaiah 42, 46 and 49
By: Hanne Løland
Series: Forschungen zum Alten Testament -- 32; Forschungen zum Alten Testament -- 32.
Publisher: Mohr Siebeck
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Tübingen
Language: eng; ger; heb; grc
Number of pages: 224
ISBN-13: 9783161497056
Subjects: Bible; Femininity of God; Language, style; Sex role; Criticism, interpretation; Religious aspects; Gender identity
Notes: Slight revision of the author's thesis (Ph.D.)--MF Norwegian School of Theology, 2007.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [199]-213) and indexes.

Text chiefly in English with passages in German; Hebrew and Greek with English translations.
Table of contents: title: Previous research and a new focus : questioning the questions; title: God and language; title: Gender and language; title: The interpretation of gendered God-language; title: "Like a woman in labor" : Isaiah 42:13-14; title: "Since the time of the pregnancy" : Isaiah 46: 3-4; title: "Can a woman forget?" : Isaiah 49:14-15; title: Breaking the silence.