Gender, Judaism, and Literature: Unwelcome Guests in Household Configurations

Author: Levine A-J.

Source: Biblical Interpretation: A Journal of Contemporary Approaches, Volume 11, Number 2, 2003 , pp. 239-246(8)

Publisher: BRILL

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Abstract:

Investigation of the early Christian household, frequently based on social-science models, can benefit by attending more formally to gender constructs, Jewish sources, and literary-critical observations. The category of 'householder' should be expanded to include independent women; the role of women and slaves in Jewish environs should be examined in light not only of Greek and Roman political and philosophical ideals but also of early Rabbinic thought; social models applied to and/or gleaned from the Gospels should be checked against the evangelists' narrative art.

Document Type: Research article

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/156851503765661294

Publication date: 2003-04-01