Title: Daughter Zion, mother Zion
Subtitle: gender, space, and the sacred in ancient Israel
First published: 2008
Description: An exploration of Israel's use of gender symbolism in times of crisis. In this innovative work, Christl M. Maier argues that the way Israelites in the exilic and post-exilic periods spoke of Jerusalem as gendered space - a female city - helps us trace reactions to the crisis of exile and the emergence of a new national-religious identity.
Subjects: Personification in the  Bible, Bible, Personification in the Bible, Feminist criticism, Jerusalem in the Bible, Religiöse Identität, Sekseverschillen, Personifikation, Zionismus, Mutter (Motiv), Feminisierung, In the Bible, Plaats, Het Heilige, Zion, Altes Testament, Nationenbildung, Heiligtum, Oude Testament, Tochter (Motiv), Sex role, religious aspects, Jewish women, Zionism
LC classification: BS1199.J38 M35 2008