Mirjam (eBook)
448 Seiten
De Gruyter (Verlag)
978-3-11-089236-9 (ISBN)
This study examines the rhetoric of the Old Testament Miriam references and their socio-historical contexts, and processes the history of research into Miriam from a feminist perspective.
Previous research into Miriam was largely determined by prior decisions on literary history, and was thus only able to make rudimentary statements about Miriam. In contrast, a feminist rhetorical analysis inquiring into the aesthetics of reception and production reveals new contexts for what Miriam represents in the text. She can no longer be regarded as a 'prophetess' from the early history of Israel, but instead represents a particular theo-political position in Persian times.
The author is Assistant Professor in the Department of Old Testament Biblical Studies at the Karl-Franzens University of Graz.
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Die Autorin ist Universitätsassistentin am Institut für Alttestamentliche Bibelwissenschaft der Karl-Franzens-Universität Graz.