Esther Fuchs - Sexual Politics in the Biblical Narrative Reading the Hebrew Bible as a Woman

Sexual Politics in the Biblical Narrative uses feminist ideological criticism to argue that the biblical narrative functions prescriptively (not descriptively), so that it "legislates and authorizes the political supremacy of men over women" (p. 7). This thesis is supported primarily by analysis of type-scenes -- literary scenes that repeat with variations in several contexts. Separate chapters deal with biblical mothers (type-scenes of annunciation and "temptation," e.g., seduction of fathers), brides...

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