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Author:   Dr Anne-Mareike Wetter (Leiden Institute for Area Studies, the Netherlands)
Publisher:   Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Imprint:   T.& T.Clark Ltd
Dimensions:   Width: 15.60cm , Height: 1.80cm , Length: 23.40cm
Weight:   0.606kg
ISBN:  

9780567664297

ISBN 10:   0567664295
Pages:   304
Publication Date:   22 October 2015
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand  
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Table of Contents

Acknowledgments Abbreviations Part 1: 'Israel,' 'Judah,' 'Yehudim' - The Problem of Definition and Demarcation 1 (Re-)Constructing Israel: Tradition and Invention 2 Judaism? 3 Religion - A Provisional Definition 4 Ethnicity - A Provisional Definition Part 2: Methodology and the Power of Form 1 Text and Identity - Historical Discourse Analysis 2 Text and Cognition - Cognitive Linguistics 3 Embodying Israel - Tradition and Invention Part 3: Ruth 1 Religious Identity in Ruth 2 Ethnic Identity in Ruth 3 Gender Identity in Ruth 4 Conclusions - Embodying Israel in the Book of Ruth Part 4: Esther 1 Religious Identity in Esther 2 Ethnic Identity in Esther 3 Gender Identity in Esther 4 Conclusions - Embodying Israel in the Book of Esther Part 4: Judith 1 Religious Identity in Judith 2 Ethnic Identity in Judith 3 Gender Identity in Judith 4 Conclusions: Embodying Israel in the Book of Judith Part 5: Conclusions: Of Israelites, Women, and Other Strangers 1. Imagining Israel - Embodying Israel 2. Common Ground and Common Sense 3. Ecce Femina Bibliography Index

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This is a timely book that continues current trends concerning the portrayal of identity in the biblical texts and takes these conversations further. ... This volume draws on up to date scholarship in a recognizable way while offering keen insights that push the fields of these three texts into some unexpected waters. ... [A]ny researcher or reader of Ruth, Esther of Judith studies, as well as those with a broader interest in biblical intertextuality, will find this to be a valuable and engaging book. * Reviews in Religion and Theology *

This is a timely book that continues current trends concerning the portrayal of identity in the biblical texts and takes these conversations further. ... This volume draws on up to date scholarship in a recognizable way while offering keen insights that push the fields of these three texts into some unexpected waters. ... [A]ny researcher or reader of Ruth, Esther of Judith studies, as well as those with a broader interest in biblical intertextuality, will find this to be a valuable and engaging book. Reviews in Religion and Theology

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Anne-Mareike Wetter (PhD, Utrecht University, Netherlands) is at the Leiden Institute for Area Studies (LIAS), Netherlands.

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