Intersections between Iconographic and Gendered Approaches to Biblical Interpretation
This paper explores the intersections between two approaches to biblical interpretation: iconographic and gendered approaches. Focusing on the ways that visual images from the ancient Near East have been incorporated in studying gender in the Hebrew Bible, I identify four intersections. These exampl...
Subtitles: | Visual Rhetoric and Biblical Interpretation |
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Format: | Electronic Article |
Language: | English |
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Brill
2017
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Biblical interpretation
Year: 2017, Volume: 25, Issue: 3, Pages: 320-341 |
RelBib Classification: | AG Religious life; material religion FD Contextual theology HB Old Testament NBE Anthropology TC Pre-Christian history ; Ancient Near East |
Further subjects: | B
Ancient Near Eastern iconography
Hebrew Bible
gender
feminist criticism
queer criticism
masculinity studies
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Summary: | This paper explores the intersections between two approaches to biblical interpretation: iconographic and gendered approaches. Focusing on the ways that visual images from the ancient Near East have been incorporated in studying gender in the Hebrew Bible, I identify four intersections. These examples demonstrate that participating in an iconographic turn is an important way that gender studies in the Hebrew Bible can develop. I also seek to show that the interactions can be mutually fruitful. In other words, including gender as an area of inquiry is a way that the iconographic turn itself can develop in biblical studies.
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ISSN: | 1568-5152 |
Contains: | Enthalten in: Biblical interpretation
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Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1163/15685152-00253p03 |