Exploring Biblical Women in Music

This essay explores various musical works that retell the stories of biblical women who are largely silent in the biblical text. It analyzes operas and oratorios featuring biblical women with prominent roles in more than one musical work. These are: Sarah, Hagar, and Rebecca in the book of Genesis;...

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Main Author: Leneman, Helen 1945- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Oxford University Press 2020
In: The Oxford handbook of feminist approaches to the Hebrew Bible
Year: 2020
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Love / Voice / Opera / Woman / Bible / Oratorium / Motherhood / Pregnancy / Sterility / Musik
RelBib Classification:AD Sociology of religion; religious policy
HA Bible
Further subjects:B Akedah
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