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.
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Table of contents
- Contents
- Series Editor's Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Abbreviations
- Chapter 1 THE WINDING PATHS OF BIBLICAL WO/MANHOOD
- Chapter 2 MONOTHEISM = MONOGAMY? TEXT, IMAGE AND PARADIGM (WORD ONE; WORD TWO)
- Chapter 3 OATH: DAUGHTER OF DISCORD? (WORD THREE; WORD NINE)
- Chapter 4 THE SABBATH: INVOKING LIBERATION? REVOKING CREATION? (WORD FOUR)
- Chapter 5 THE BURDEN OF BIRTH AND THE POLITICS OF MOTHERHOOD (WORD FIVE)
- Chapter 6 THE MAPPING OF MURDER (WORD SIX)
- Chapter 7 CONJUGALITY AND COVENANT (WORD SEVEN)
- Chapter 8 STEALING HEARTS, THIEVING BODIES (WORD EIGHT)
- Chapter 9 THE CONSTRAINTS OF DESIRE (WORD TEN)
- Chapter 10 ARE WE, WOMEN, THE ADDRESSEES? COLLECTED AND CLOSING REFLECTIONS
- Bibliography
- Index of References
- Index of Authors
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