Gendering wisdom the host : biblical invitations to eat and drink

Gendering wisdom the host : biblical invitations to eat and drink /

This work looks at the intertextual relationships of the invitations to eat and drink in Proverbs, Ben Sira and John 4. If the first two invitations are offered by a female Wisdom/Sophia, what are the gender implications when the hostess becomes a host in John 4? The study poses the possibility of a...

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Main Author: McKinlay, Judith E.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Sheffield, Eng. : Sheffield Academic Press, ©1996.
Series:Journal for the study of the Old Testament. Supplement series ; 216.
Gender, culture, theory ; 4.
Subjects:
Bible > Feminist criticism.
Bible. > Proverbs, IX > Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Bible. > Ecclesiasticus > Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Bible. > John, IV > Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Sex role > Biblical teaching.
Sacred meals > Biblical teaching.
Women in the Bible.
Wisdom (Biblical personification)
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