| Description |
1 online resource (xv, 269 pages) |
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Book collections on Project MUSE
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| Contents |
Cover; Contents; Acknowledgments; Preface; One: The Mutation of Feminine Otherness: A Historical Overview; The Testimony of the Ancient Documents; The Mutation of Feminine Otherness in Modern Hebrew Literature; Notes; Two: Evil, Sex, and the Demonic; Eve and the ""Strange Woman"" in the Bible and Midrash; Lilith in Person and in Disguise: Woman as Obstacle to Redemption; Modern Incarnations of Eve and Lilith; Notes; Three: The Empty Vessel: Woman as Mother; Motherhood and History: The Ancient Ruth and Her Modern Namesake; Sons and Mothers: The Dialectical Relationship; Notes |
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Four: Woman and OppressionWomen and the Patriarchal System; Male Tyranny and Women's Sexuality; Notes; Five: Female Strategy; Tricksters and Wise Women; From Wisdom to Fury; Dissociation of the Self; Retreat Into the Feminine Sphere; The ""Jewess"" and Outside Oppression; Notes; Epilogue; A Selected Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; V; W; Y; Z |
| Summary |
In Eve's Journey, Nehama Aschkenasy traces the migration of several female images and feminine situations from their early appearances in Biblical writings to their incarnations in modern Hebraic literature. Focusing on the evolution of early female archetypes and prototypes, Aschkenasy uncovers the ancient roots of modern female characters and traces the changing cultural perceptions of women in Hebraic letters. The author draws on the vast body of Hebraic literary documents to illustrate how the female character is a mirror of her times as well as being a product of her creator''s imagination and conception of the woman's role in society and in fiction. The historical spectrum, provided by a discussion of Biblical narratives, Midrashic sources, documents of the Jewish mystics, Hasidic tales, and modern Hebrew works, allows an understanding of the metamorphosis that the female figure has experienced in her literary odyssey |
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Bible and literature |
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Eve (Biblical figure) In literature |
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Hebrew literature, Modern History and criticism |
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Women in Judaism |
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Women in literature |
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Women in the Bible |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 257-262) and index |
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Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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Eve (Biblical figure) -- In literature
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Eve, (Biblical figure) -- In literature
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Eve (Biblical figure) fast |
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Börngen, ... gnd |
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Bibel Altes Testament gnd |
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Women in the Bible.
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Women in Judaism.
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Women in literature.
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Hebrew literature, Modern -- History and criticism
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Bible and literature.
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LITERARY CRITICISM -- Jewish.
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Bible and literature
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Hebrew literature, Modern
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Literature
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Women in Judaism
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Women in literature
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Women in the Bible
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Hebräisch
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Literatur
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Frau
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Hebräisch.
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| Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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Electronic book
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| LC no. |
86026683 |
| ISBN |
9781512800111 |
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1512800112 |
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