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"On her account" : reconfiguring Israel in Ruth, Esther, and Judith / Anne-Mareike Wetter. [print]

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Library of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament studies ; 623. | T & T Clark library of biblical studiesPublication details: New York, New York : Bloomsbury T and T Clark, (c)2015.Description: xii, 290 pages ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
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  • unmediated
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  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780567664297
  • 9780567664310
  • 9780567683670
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • BS1315.W542.O544 2015
  • BS1315
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Contents:
"Israel," "Judah," "Yehudim" - the problem of definition and demarcation -- Methodology - the power of form
Ruth -- Esther -- Judith
Of Israelites, women, and other strangers.
Subject: Anne-Mareike Wetter investigates how the books of Ruth, Esther and Judith contribute to the discussion about Israel's ethnic and religious identity in the formative period following the Babylonian Exile. Although each of these narratives deals with variations of the theme of survival in a hostile world, the question underlying them is a different one: "Who are we, and who is our 'other'?" The narratives are presented as sequels to Israel's history as put forward in other (now biblical) texts, and presuppose God's continuing involvement with his people. However, they subtly modify the way in which Israel can or should relate to her God by suggesting alternatives for official Temple worship or bypassing the latter altogether. While older prophetic texts make use of metaphoric language portraying Israel as YHWH's unfaithful wife, grieving widow, or ravaged virgin, Ruth, Esther and Judith can be construed as embodiments of Israel of a different kind. Wetter argues for a revisioning of Israel in and through the bodies of the three female characters, as a community which is simultaneously vulnerable and inviolable, marginalized and empowered. Their tricksterism, in all its comicality, underlines the precarious situation in which the women and the community they represent are caught. Yet it also has the power to both defeat threats from outside and amend Israel's self-perception on the inside. Israel no longer has to perceive of itself as a battered wife but as one who can deploy her qualities - seductive and otherwise - for the survival of the community. AMAZON https://www.amazon.com/Her-Account-Reconfiguring-Library-Testament/dp/0567664295/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=9780567664297&qid=1636137293&sr=8-1
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PART I. THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK -- "Israel," "Judah," "Yehudim" - the problem of definition and demarcation -- Methodology - the power of form

PART II. ANALYSIS -- Ruth -- Esther -- Judith

PART III. SYNTHESIS AND CONCLUSIONS -- Of Israelites, women, and other strangers.

Anne-Mareike Wetter investigates how the books of Ruth, Esther and Judith contribute to the discussion about Israel's ethnic and religious identity in the formative period following the Babylonian Exile. Although each of these narratives deals with variations of the theme of survival in a hostile world, the question underlying them is a different one: "Who are we, and who is our 'other'?" The narratives are presented as sequels to Israel's history as put forward in other (now biblical) texts, and presuppose God's continuing involvement with his people. However, they subtly modify the way in which Israel can or should relate to her God by suggesting alternatives for official Temple worship or bypassing the latter altogether. While older prophetic texts make use of metaphoric language portraying Israel as YHWH's unfaithful wife, grieving widow, or ravaged virgin, Ruth, Esther and Judith can be construed as embodiments of Israel of a different kind. Wetter argues for a revisioning of Israel in and through the bodies of the three female characters, as a community which is simultaneously vulnerable and inviolable, marginalized and empowered. Their tricksterism, in all its comicality, underlines the precarious situation in which the women and the community they represent are caught. Yet it also has the power to both defeat threats from outside and amend Israel's self-perception on the inside. Israel no longer has to perceive of itself as a battered wife but as one who can deploy her qualities - seductive and otherwise - for the survival of the community. AMAZON

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