Who Will Lament Her? - The Feminine and the Fantastic in the Book of Nahum

Informationen zum Autor Laurel Lanner teaches in the Department of Theology and Religious Studies at the University of Botswana. Klappentext Takes a fresh look at "Nahum". This title explores further the presence of the feminine in the book of "Nahum"! the extent to which it is present in the text! how the structure of the text makes the feminine both present and absent! and the possible reasons why this is so. Lanner uses feminist theory and the theories of the fantastic to fashion a new reading of Nahum. Zusammenfassung Takes a fresh look at "Nahum". This title explores further the presence of the feminine in the book of "Nahum", the extent to which it is present in the text, how the structure of the text makes the feminine both present and absent, and the possible reasons why this is so. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction; Chapter One: Issues in Nahum and OAN Studies; Chapter Two: The Religious and Political Extratext of Nahum; Chapter Three: Reading Nahum for Gender and Identity; Chapter Four: The Presence of the Feminine in Nahum; Chapter Five: The Fantastic; Chapter Six: The Fantastic and Nahum.

Product details

• Authors: Laurel Lanner, Lanner Laurel
• Assisted by: Claudia V. Camp (Editor), Andrew Mein (Editor)
• Publisher: T. & T. Clark Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 24.07.2006
• EAN: 9780567026026
• ISBN: 978-0-567-02602-6
• No. of pages: 280
• Series: Library of Hebrew Bible/Old Te; Library of Hebrew Bible/Old Te; The Library of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament Studies; Journal for the Study of the Old Testament Supplement S.
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Christianity; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Religion: general, reference works; Kritik und Exegese heiliger Texte, RELIGION / Biblical Meditations / General, Bible readings, selections & meditations, Bible readings, selections and meditations