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Informationen zum Autor Guadalupe Seijas is Senior Lecturer in the Department of Linguistics and Oriental Studies at Complutense University of Madrid, Spain. Mónica Ann Walker Vadillo is tutor at the Department for Continuing Education at the University of Oxford, UK, and a freelance writer for National Geographic. Klappentext The Hebrew Bible and art reside at the core of this book, which analyzes the iconographic representation of several women of the Bible. The contributors consider the ways in which the biblical texts regarding these women had been read and understood throughout time and the means by which they were represented. Each study also explores the different values associated with these representations according to the problems, worries and concerns of each period. Drawing upon disciplines such as theology, philology or history of art, the essays within this volume provide a cross-sectional, plural and rich approach. In focusing upon iconographic representation, numerous visual cultures of the last millennium are explored, and special emphasis is placed upon several integral biblical women such as Bathsheba, Moses' mother, the Pharaoh's Daughter, Ruth, Naomi and Deborah, and their lasting influence upon Western art and culture. This book pursues an understanding of the history of the transmission and reception of the Bible in general, and of the women of the Old Testament in particular. Vorwort The contributors present an interdisciplinary approach to the representations of women in the Hebrew Bible by focusing on texts, images and gender. Zusammenfassung The Hebrew Bible and art reside at the core of this book, which analyzes the iconographic representation of several women of the Bible. The contributors consider the ways in which the biblical texts regarding these women had been read and understood throughout time and the means by which they were represented. Each study also explores the different values associated with these representations according to the problems, worries and concerns of each period. Drawing upon disciplines such as theology, philology or history of art, the essays within this volume provide a cross-sectional, plural and rich approach. In focusing upon iconographic representation, numerous visual cultures of the last millennium are explored, and special emphasis is placed upon several integral biblical women such as Bathsheba, Moses' mother, the Pharaoh's Daughter, Ruth, Naomi and Deborah, and their lasting influence upon Western art and culture. This book pursues an understanding of the history of the transmission and reception of the Bible in general, and of the women of the Old Testament in particular. Inhaltsverzeichnis Acknowledgements List of Contributors List of Images Introduction - Guadalupe Seijas, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain Chapter 1: Bible, Art and Women: Criteria for Analysis and Critical Interpretation - Carmen Yebra-Rovira, Universidad Pontificia de Salamanca, Spain Chapter 2: The Iconographic Representation of the Bible: The Interaction Between Text and Image - Guadalupe Seijas, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain Chapter 3: Bathsheba in Medieval Manuscripts: Visual Analysis of a Controversial Old Testament Woman - Mónica Ann Walker Vadillo, University of Oxford, UK Chapter 4: Strong Women of the Bible and Their Persistence in 17th Century Spanish Painting - Amparo Alba and Guadalupe Seijas, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain Chapter 5: Moses’ Mother and Her Literary and Visual Reception in the 19th Century - Carmen Yebra-Rovira, Universidad Pontificia de Salamanca, Spain Chapter 6: The Women in the Book of Judges and Their Representation in 19th Century Engravings - Carmen Yebra-Rovira, Universidad Pontificia de Salamanca, Spain Chapter 7: Ruth and Naomi: A Story of Friendship in Images - ...
