Ruth - Couverture souple

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1800507577 ISBN 13 : 9781800507579

Editeur : Equinox Publishing Ltd, 2025

Synopsis

The Book of Ruth is an all-time Bible favorite. In four chapters, it builds a clear plot with narrative tension heightened with sexual innuendos; and it ends well. Since the 1990s at least, studies produced an array of portrayals of the heroes of the tale beyond the traditional idyllic readings. Gaps and fissures have been explored to cover its ideological premises. Feminist readings denounce the way patriarchalism used the figures of Naomi, Ruth and Boaz to bolster its social hegemony. Ruth has been presented as a coquette, Naomi as a pimp or a scold, Ruth and Naomi as lesbians, Boaz as exploiter of the proletariat, unstraight, sugar Daddy or impotent. Yet, time is ripe to steer a course between idyllic readings and critical ones. There is more to gender asymmetries and patriarchy than the devaluation of women. Women always have power. Neither Naomi or Ruth are powerless victims. This volume maps an uncompromising way forward between patriarchy and advocacy.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Philippe Guillaume is Privatdozent at the Biblical Institute of the Theological Faculty of the University of Berne.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Equinox Publishing Ltd
• Date d'édition: 2025
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1800507577
• ISBN 13: 9781800507579
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 328
• Éditeur: Graybill Rhiannon, Guillaume Philippe
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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