Title
Consider Her: Body-Talk as a Literary Strategy in the Book of Judges
Files
School/Department
Talbot School of Theology
Description
The clothed and adorned body has been at the forefront of Nili S. Fox's scholarship. In her hallmark approach, she draws on theoretical models from anthropology and archaeology, and locates the text within its native cultural environment in conversation with ancient Near Eastern literary and iconographic sources. This volume is a tribute to her, a collection of essays on dress and the body with original research by Fox's students. With the field of dress now garnering the attention of biblical and Ancient Near Eastern scholars alike, this book adds to the growing literature on the topic, demonstrating ways in which both dress and the body communicate cultural and religious beliefs and practices. The body's lived experience is the topic of section one, the body lived. The body and the social construction of identity is discussed in section two, the body cultured, while section three, the body adorned, analyzes the performative nature of dress in the biblical text
Keywords
Clothing and dress--Middle East; Biblical costume
ISBN
978-0878206087
Publication Date
10-15-2022
Publication Source
The Body: Lived, Cultured, Adorned: Essays on Dress and the Body in the Bible and Ancient Near East in Honor of Nili S. Fox
Document Type
Book Chapter
Publisher
Hebrew Union College Press
City
Cincinnati
Disciplines
Near Eastern Languages and Societies | Other Languages, Societies, and Cultures
Recommended Citation
Way, Kenneth C. (2022). Consider Her: Body-Talk as a Literary Strategy in the Book of Judges. The Body: Lived, Cultured, Adorned: Essays on Dress and the Body in the Bible and Ancient Near East in Honor of Nili S. Fox. Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College Press.
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