The volume presents a collection of papers read during three workshops held in Leipzig (2016), Jerusalem (2017), and Vienna (2018). International scholars from different disciplines and methodological approaches explored gender-specific constructions of foreignness/strangeness in the Old Testament, Egypt, and Mesopotamia from their particular perspectives. They showed that when combined, strangeness/foreignness and gender can take on very different forms. Various processes of the "othering" of women are of importance, which differ from the "othering" of men. The contributions investigate specific questions, individual female figures and individual phenomena as model cases. The basic question was when, where, how and for what purpose the categories of foreignness and gender were connected and activated in literary tradition. The collection is a preliminary and basic work for further study of gender-specific concepts of foreignness/strangeness in the ancient Mediterranean cultures of the first millennium BCE.
| ISBN: | 9783161575907 |
| Publication date: | 29th October 2019 |
| Author: | Marianne Grohmann, Angelika Berlejung |
| Publisher: | Mohr Siebeck |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Pagination: | 299 pages |
| Series: | Orientalische Religionen in Der Antike |
| Genres: |
Old Testaments Ancient Egyptian religion and mythology Theology Literary studies: ancient, classical and medieval Ancient history Archaeology by period / region Judaism |
The volume presents a collection of papers read during three workshops held in Leipzig (2016), Jerusalem (2017), and Vienna (2018). International scholars from different disciplines and methodological approaches explored gender-specific constructions of foreignness/strangeness in the Old Testament, Egypt, and Mesopotamia from their particular perspectives. They showed that when combined, strangeness/foreignness and gender can take on very different forms. Various processes of the "othering" of women are of importance, which differ from the "othering" of men. The contributions investigate specific questions, individual female figures and individual phenomena as model cases. The basic question was when, where, how and for what purpose the categories of foreignness and gender were connected and activated in literary tradition. The collection is a preliminary and basic work for further study of gender-specific concepts of foreignness/strangeness in the ancient Mediterranean cultures of the first millennium BCE.
Foreign Women - Women in Foreign Lands features in the following genres: Old Testaments, Ancient Egyptian religion and mythology, Theology, Literary studies: ancient, classical and medieval, Ancient history, Archaeology by period / region, Judaism
Foreign Women - Women in Foreign Lands is available in Hardback
Foreign Women - Women in Foreign Lands was written by Marianne Grohmann, Angelika Berlejung and published by Mohr Siebeck
Foreign Women - Women in Foreign Lands has 299 pages
Yes it is part of Orientalische Religionen in Der Antike series
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