Constructing Femininity in the Book of Jubilees: 230 (Biblical Interpretation Series, 230) - Hardcover

Syfox, Chontel

 
9789004734821: Constructing Femininity in the Book of Jubilees: 230 (Biblical Interpretation Series, 230)
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 9004734821 ISBN 13: 9789004734821
Publisher: Brill, 2025

Synopsis

A striking feature of the book of Jubilees is the visibility it gives to women in comparison to Genesis, with the matriarchs especially seeming to play an outsized role in the rewriting. Utilising approaches drawn from the fields of gender and feminist studies, Constructing Femininity in the Book of Jubilees interrogates the motives and priorities that guided the rewriter in his re-presentation of the matriarchs, asking to what extent the treatment of these characters was unique to this text and its author’s attitude towards women or typical of the then literary Zeitgeist.

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About the Author

Dr. Chontel Syfox is an Assistant Professor in the department of Classical and Ancient Near Eastern Studies at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Her work focuses on the early reception and interpretation of the Hebrew Bible in Second Temple Jewish literature, with a particular focus on gender-nuanced interpretative methods. She holds a Ph.D. in Christianity and Judaism in Antiquity from the University of Notre Dame.

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Publisher
Brill
Publication date
2025
Language
English
ISBN 10 
9004734821
ISBN 13 
9789004734821
Binding
Hardcover
Number of pages
206