Bible, Gender, and Reception History : The Case of Job's Wife

Low, Katherine

ISBN 10: 0567239217 / ISBN 13: 9780567239211

Published by T&T Clark, 2013

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Bible, Gender, and Reception History : The Case of Job's Wife
• Publisher: T&T Clark
• Publication Date: 2013
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0567239217
• ISBN 13: 9780567239211
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: As New

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Synopsis

The
Bible, Gender, and Reception History: The Case of Job's Wife investigates
the fleeting appearance in the Bible of Job's wife and its impact on the
imaginations of readers throughout history.
It begins by presenting key
interpretive gaps in the biblical text concerning Job and his wife, explaining
the way gender studies offers guiding principles with which the author engages
a reception history of their marriage. After analyzing Job and his wife within
medieval Christian theology of Eden, the author identifies ways in which Job's
wife visually aligns with medieval images of Satan. The volume explores portrayals
of Job and his wife in publications on marriage and gender roles in the
sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, moving onto an investigation of William
Blake's sharp artistic divergence from the common tradition in his representation
of Job's wife as a shrew. In the exploration of societal portrayals of Job and
his Wife throughout history, this book discovers how arguments about marriage
intertwine with not only gender roles, but also, with political, social, and
historical movements.

About the Authors

Katherine Low is Assistant Professor of Religion and Chaplain at Mary Baldwin College in Staunton, Virginia. She has published articles in JSOT,Journal of Religion and Film and Journal of Feminist Studies inReligion, exploring the intersections of religion, gender, and culture.

Andrew Mein is Director of Research at the Queen's Foundation for Ecumenical Theological Education, UK

Claudia V. Camp is Professor of Religion at Texas Christian University, USA and was on the steering committee of the Seminar. She is currently co-general editor of the LHBOTS series, as well as the author or editor of 4 books and numerous articles.