Wise, strange, and holy
Subtitle: the strange woman and the making of the Bible
By: Claudia V. Camp.
Series: Journal for the study of the Old Testament.; 320; Gender, culture, theory ;; 9
Publisher: Sheffield Academic Press
Published: 2000
Place of publication: Sheffield, England
Language: eng
Number of pages: 372
Subjects: Samson (Biblical judge); Solomon, King of Israel; Miriam (Biblical figure); Dinah (Biblical character); Bible. O.T. -- Feminist criticism; Bible. O.T. Proverbs I-IX -- Feminist criticism; Women in the Bible
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [345]-359) and indexes.
Table of contents: title: Machine generated contents note: Part I; title: WOMAN WISDOM AND THE STRANGE WOMAN IN THE BOOK OF PROVERBS; title: Chapter 1; title: THE STRANGE WOMAN OF PROVERBS; title: Chapter 2; title: WISE AND STRANGE: WOMAN AS TRICKSTER IN PROVERBS; title: Part II; title: READING BIBLICAL NARRATIVE AS WISE AND STRANGE; title: Chapter 3; title: RIDDLERS, TRICKSTERS AND STRANGE WOMEN IN THE SAMSON STORY; title: Chapter 4; title: READING SOLOMON AS A WOMAN; title: Part III; title: SISTER, BROTHER, OTHER: THE ISRAELITE WOMAN ESTRANGED; title: Chapter 5; title: OF LINEAGES AND LEVITES, SISTERS AND STRANGERS: CONSTRUCTING PRIESTLY BOUNDARIES IN THE POSTEXILIC PERIOD; title: Chapter 6; title: THE (E)STRANGE(D) WOMAN IN THE WILDERNESS:; title: MIRIAM AMONG THE PRIESTS; title: Chapter 7; title: THE (E)STRANGE(D) WOMAN IN THE LAND:; title: SOJOURNING WITH DINAH; title: CONCLUSION.