Poor Banished Children of Eve
Woman As Evil in the Hebrew Bible
Augsburg Fortress Publishers · Print & ebook · October 3, 2003
What gave rise to symbolizing woman as evil in the biblical tradition and other ancient Near Eastern societies?
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- Who it’s for
- Gale A. Yee traces hostile portrayals of women across biblical texts and ancient Near Eastern societies.
- Genres
- Old Testament Interpretation, Religion & Gender, Feminist Theory & Criticism
- Published
- Augsburg Fortress Publishers, October 3, 2003
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What gave rise to symbolizing woman as evil in the biblical tradition and other ancient Near Eastern societies? Taking her title from a Roman Catholic prayer called "Hail Holy Queen," Yee investigates the history of this hostile tradition of symbolization, including Eve in Genesis, Gomer in Hosea, Oholah and Oholibah in Ezekiel, and the "strange woman" of Proverbs.
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Employing a materialist literary criticism, ideological criticism, and the social sciences, she investigates how this negative imagery crops up in a variety of forms. Among her important conclusions is that gender conflicts in ancient Israel could be deflected forms of class conflictthe struggles between the king and peasants are deflected to men and women.
Women in Biblical Tradition
Gale A. Yee traces hostile portrayals of women across biblical texts and ancient Near Eastern societies.
Come here for
- Eve, Gomer, Oholah and Oholibah, and Proverbs’ “strange woman”
- An account of how gender conflict could deflect class conflict
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- Analysis of Eve in Genesis and Gomer in Hosea
- Materialist literary and ideological criticism, alongside social sciences
Where it sits
| Old Testament Interpretation | 69% |
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| Religion & Gender | 53% |
| Feminist Theory & Criticism | 38% |
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- Authors
- Gale A. Yee
- Publisher
- Augsburg Fortress Publishers
- Published
- October 3, 2003
- Format
- Print & ebook