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Smooth Words: Women, Proverbs, and Performance in Biblical Wisdom (Journal for the Study of the Old Testament Supplement) by Carole R. Fontaine is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.

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"Fontaine explores the social roles of women as depicted within the book of Proverbs, as well as the character archetypes and patriarchal ideologies which undergird the sages' portrayal. Using feminist folklore methodologies and performance studies, the author explores an alternative paradigm for understanding women's relationship to wisdom traditions in the ancient Near East, using parallel texts, later midrash and extrabiblical re-presentations of biblical women associated with wisdom." "Fontaine is thus able to show that women were culturally authorized 'performers' of the family-based wisdom traditions of teaching, economic problem-solving, and care-giving, and that these roles provided them with a platform to use their acknowledged wisdom in public roles."--Jacket

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Author

Carole R. Fontaine

Publisher

Sheffield Academic Press

Published

2002

Language

EN

ISBN

9780567042705

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

Religion, Christian, Bible