Gender Reversal and Cosmic Chaos

A Study in the Book of Ezekiel

AvS. Tamar Kamionkowski,Andrew Mein

Inbunden, Engelska, 2003

Del i serien Library of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament Studies

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Beskrivning

This book is about both the fear of gender reversal and its expression in the prophet Ezekiel's reworking of the marital metaphor. Kamionkowski argues that the abomination of "wife Jerusalem" is that she is attempting to pass for a male, thereby crossing gender boundaries and upsetting the world order. This story is therefore one of confused gender scripts, ensuing chaos and a re-ordering through the reinforcement of these strictly defined prescriptions of gendered behaviour.Using socio-historical evidence and the existence of the literary motif of "men turning into women" as a framework, this book argues that Ezekiel 16, in particular, reflects the gender chaos which arises as an aftermath of social and theological crises.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2003-06-01
Mått:156 x 234 x 16 mm
Vikt:430 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Library of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament Studies
Antal sidor:192
Förlag:Continuum Publishing Corporation
ISBN:9780826462244

Utforska kategorier

Biblar inom Filosofi och religion
Genusvetenskap inom Samhälle och politik

Mer om författaren

Tamar Kamionkowski, Ph.D., is Associate Professor of Bible and Academic Dean of the Reconstructionist Rabbinical College. She is the author of Gender Reversal and Cosmic Chaos: Studies in the Book of Ezekiel.

Innehållsförteckning

I. Introduction; 1. Ezekiel and Gender Reversal; 2. Preliminary Considerations; a) Composition and Dating; b) Approaches to Ezekiel 16 and 23; 1. Traditional Commentators; 2. Feminist Readers; 3. Covenant Theologians; 3. Where Do We Go From Here?; II. Metaphor; 1. Metaphor Theories; 2. Cognitive Metaphor Theory; 3. Schemas and Slots; 4. Metaphor and Contextual Knowledge; 5. Metaphor and Persuasion; 6. Metaphor and Biblical Studies; 7. 'A Metaphor is Just a Metaphor'; 8. Conclusions; III. Gender Reversal: A weak man is a woman; 1. Metaphor in Socio-Cultural and Historical Context; a) Exile, Shame and Gender Crisis; b) Ezekiel and Exile; c) Responses to Gender Confusion: Hypervirility; d) Responses to Gender Confusion: Emasculation; e) Excursus: Psychologising Ezekiel; 2. Metaphor in Literary Context; a) The Mesopotamian Evidence; b) The Biblical Evidence; 3. Conclusions; IV. Ezekiel 16 and the Emasculated Man; 1. The Passive Girl; a) Translation and Commentary; b) Vulnerability ad absurdum; c) He Gives her Life; d) He Gives her Sexual Experience; 2. The Assertive Woman; a) Translation and Commentary; b) Women's Ejaculation; c) Usurping the Phallus; d) The Violent Woman; e) Financial Independence; f) Women's Ejaculation, Again; g) Inversion of Gender Order; 3. Conclusions; V. Ezekiel 23 and the Hypervirile Man; 1. Introducing Oholah and Oholibah; 2. Differences between Ezek. 16 and Ezek. 23; a) Roles of the Characters and Use of Verbs; b) Reformulation of Key Phrases; c) Affinities with Hosean and Jeremian Traditions; 3. Conclusions; VI. Conclusion