Sex and slaughter in the tent of Jael : a cultural history of a biblical story / Colleen Conway.
2016
BS1305.52 .C66 2016
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Title
Sex and slaughter in the tent of Jael : a cultural history of a biblical story / Colleen Conway.
Author
Conway, Colleen M., author.
ISBN
9780190626907 (electronic book)
Published
New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2016.
Language
English
Description
1 online resource : illustrations.
Call Number
BS1305.52 .C66 2016
Dewey Decimal Classification
222.3206
Summary
In the biblical story of Jael and Sisera (Judges 4-5), the heroic Jael takes a tent peg and nails the Canaanite general Sisera's head to the ground, thus saving Israel. Colleen Conway analyzes re-imaginings of this story across the centuries, in visual art, poems, plays, and novels, and shows how the cultural productions of an ancient biblical story intersect with broader conversations about the often conflicted, and sometimes violent, relationship between the sexes.
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In the biblical story of Jael and Sisera (Judges 4-5), the heroic Jael takes a tent peg and nails the Canaanite general Sisera's head to the ground, thus saving Israel. Colleen Conway analyzes re-imaginings of this story across the centuries, in visual art, poems, plays, and novels, and shows how the cultural productions of an ancient biblical story intersect with broader conversations about the often conflicted, and sometimes violent, relationship between the sexes.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Access limited to authorized users.
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Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on October 31, 2016).
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Print version: 9780190626877
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