Jr. Clanton

Daring, Disreputable and Devout (eBook, PDF)

Interpreting the Hebrew Bible's Women in the Arts and Music

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Produktbeschreibung

Stories of women in the Bible have been interpreted by artists, writers, musicians, filmmakers, and biblical commentators for centuries. However, in many cases, these later interpreters have often adapted and altered the Bible to fit their own view(s) of the stories. Ironically, these later renderings usually serve as the basis for the generally accepted view(s) of biblical women. For example, many readers of the Bible assume that Eve is to blame for the disobedient act in the Garden of Eden, or that Delilah seduced Samson and then cut his hair. A closer look at these assumptions, though, reveals that they are not based on the Bible, but are mediated through the creations of later interpreters. In this book, the author examines eight such women's stories, and shows how later readers interact with the biblical stories to construct sometimes fanciful, sometimes faulty views of these women. Dan Clanton, Jr. broadens our awareness of the influence of these later readings on how we understand biblical women so that we can be more critical in our engagement with them, and become more familiar with what the Bible actually says about the women whose stories it contains.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury eBooks US
• Seitenzahl: 208
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. April 2009
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780567502551
• Artikelnr.: 38222613

Autorenporträt

Dan W. Clanton, Jr. is Assistant Professor of Religious Studies at Doane College
in Crete, NE

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgments
Introduction
Chapter One-"A Hard Headed Woman"? Eve in the Hebrew Bible and Later
Interpretations
1.1 Eve in Genesis 2-3
1.2 Ambiguities and Questions
1.3 Later Readings
1.4 Conclusions
1.5 Study Questions
Chapter Two - "Two Fires Burning" Sarah and Hagar and the History of
Interpretation
2.1 Sarah and Hagar in Genesis 11-23
2.2 Ambiguities and Questions
2.3 Conclusions
2.4 Study Questions
Chapter Three - Trollops and Temptresses: Delilahs in Judges, Camille
Saint-Saens's Samson et Dalila, and Twentieth-Century Popular Music
3.1 Delilah in the Book of Judges
3.2 Camille Saint-Saens's Samson et Dalila
3.3 Delilah in Twentieth-Century Pop Music
3.4 Conclusions
3.5 Study Questions
Chapter Four - "Gee, Baby, Ain't I Good To You?" Unreturned and Empty Love
in the Book of Ruth
4.1 The Biblical Story of Ruth
4.2 Ambiguities and Questions
4.3 Conclusions
4.4 Study Questions
Chapter Five - "If I Perish, I Perish" Esthers in Film
5.1 The Biblical Story of Esther
5.2 Cinematic Interpretations of Esther
5.3 Conclusions
5.4 Study Questions
Chapter Six - "Judy in Disguise" D.W. Griffith's Judith of Bethulia
6.1 Summary and Analysis of the Book of Judith
6.2 Thomas Bailey Aldrich's "Judiths"
6.3 D.W. Griffith's Judith of Bethulia
6.4 Conclusions
6.5 Study Questions
Chapter Seven - "Susie-Q, Baby, I Love You" Susanna and Art in the
Renaissance
7.1 Summary of Susanna
7.2 Tintoretto
7.3 Rembrandt
7.4 Conclusions
7.5 Study Questions
Chapter Eight - Why We Should Care About The History Of Interpretations
Bibliography
Index