โ Scribed by Caryn Tamber-Rosenau
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
From Jael's tent peg to Judith's sword, biblical interpreters have long recognized the power of the "lethal women" stories of the Hebrew Bible and related literature. The tales of Jael and Judith, female characters who assassinate enemy commanders, have fascinated artists, writers, and scholars for centuries, no doubt partly because of the gender of the characters doing the killing. Tamber-Rosenau presents the first systematic study, both text-centered and deeply engaged with a variety of queer-theoretical frameworks, of the motif of the woman-turned-warrior in ancient Jewish literature. Through analysis from queer-theoretical perspectives and comparison with Ancient Near Eastern and Greco-Roman literature, Women in Drag shines new light on three strong female characters from the Hebrew Bible and the early days of Jewish literature.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
CHAPTER ONE. INTRODUCTION
CHAPTER TWO. STRIKING WOMEN IN ANCIENT MEDITERRANEAN LITERATURE
CHAPTER THREE. PENETRATING LOOKS: GENDER AND THE TENT-PEG ASSASSIN (JUDGES 4โ5)
CHAPTER FOUR. A CUT ABOVE: THE EXEMPLARY JEWESS AND HER FEMININE PERFORMANCE (THE BOOK OF JUDITH)
CHAPTER FIVE. HAMMERING IT HOME: THE REFIGURED TENT-DWELLER AND HER DEADLY PERFORMANCE (BIBLICAL ANTIQUITIES 31)
CHAPTER SIX. CONCLUSION
BIBLIOGRAPHY
INDEX
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