Consider Her: Body-Talk as a Literary Strategy in the Book of Judges

Title

Consider Her: Body-Talk as a Literary Strategy in the Book of Judges

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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

Consider Her: Body-Talk as a Literary Strategy in the Book of Judges


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