Between Woman, Man and God: A New Interpretation Of The Ten Commandments - Couverture souple

Sivan, Hagith

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0567080552 ISBN 13 : 9780567080554

Editeur : T & T Clark International, 2004

Synopsis

At the heart of the Exodus is a recitation of the Decalogue, a "contract" between Yahweh and Israel that inscribes Israel into the fabric of human societies while emphasizing its uniqueness through Yahweh. According to the demands of the Decalogue, manhood entails the avoidance of stealing, killing, and coveting, not to mention apostasy and violation of the Sabbath and other men's property. What, then, would be the essence of womanhood, if different?

Is there an exclusion of women from active participation in the Sinaitic theophany and, consequently, from active sharing of responsibility and identity? How ethically normative are the Ten Commandments? And, in terms of the present study, how gender specific are they? This study reclaims the encoded voice of womanhood, or rather the code of women as one crucial key for comprehending the ancient Israelite mind. By selecting female characters' narratives as interpretative clues for the "law", this book presents a reading of the Decalogue at three levels: legal, behavioral and representational.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Hagith Sivan is the author of Dinah's Daughters: Gender and Judaism from the Hebrew Bible to Late Antiquity (2002). She teaches at the University of Kansas.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: T & T Clark International
• Date d'édition: 2004
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0567080552
• ISBN 13: 9780567080554
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 284
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