Between Woman, Man and God: A New Interpretation of the Ten CommandmentsA&C Black, 1 d’ag. 2004 - 270 pàgines At the heart of the Exodus is a recitation of the Decalogue, a "contract" between Yahweh and Israel that inscribes Israel into the fabric of human societies while emphasizing its uniqueness through Yahweh. According to the demands of the Decalogue, manhood entails the avoidance of stealing, killing, and coveting, not to mention apostasy and violation of the Sabbath and other men's property. What, then, would be the essence of womanhood, if different? Is there an exclusion of women from active participation in the Sinaitic theophany and, consequently, from active sharing of responsibility and identity? How ethically normative are the Ten Commandments? And, in terms of the present study, how gender specific are they? This study reclaims the encoded voice of womanhood, or rather the code of women as one crucial key for comprehending the ancient Israelite mind. By selecting female characters' narratives as interpretative clues for the "law", this book presents a reading of the Decalogue at three levels: legal, behavioral and representational. |
Continguts
Chapter | 1 |
Making WoMen | 6 |
A New Reading of the Decalogue and Some Old Problems | 11 |
A Rabbinic Reading of the Decalogue 17 | 21 |
Chapter 2 | 24 |
Moses and Gendered Monotheism | 30 |
On Altars and Slaves in the Covenant Code | 32 |
The Allure of the Image and the Attraction of Apostasy | 38 |
Tongues of Duplicity? Rahab and Jael | 79 |
From Ein Dor to Jezebel | 81 |
Ruth and Redemption | 83 |
INVOKING LIBERATION? REVOKING CREATION? | 86 |
Rahab Athalia and the Meaning | 102 |
Genesis Variations | 115 |
The Story of Samson | 123 |
A Deuteronomic Anatomy of Murder | 141 |
Leviticus and Numbers on Leprosy | 42 |
Deuteronomys Version | 47 |
Deuteronomy 15 | 51 |
A Calf of Gold a Queen and a Prophetess | 52 |
Coda and Conversion | 60 |
Chapter 3 | 63 |
Sins of Speaking | 64 |
Harmony and Matrimony | 69 |
Deuteronomy on Justice | 73 |
Vows Virginity and Parenthood | 75 |
The Rape of Tamar | 148 |
The Female Body as a Deadly Weapon | 155 |
Chapter 7 | 162 |
STEALING HEARTS THIEVING BODIES WORD EIGHT | 188 |
Chapter 9 | 208 |
Chapter 10 | 221 |
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