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Bees, Wasps, and Weasels
- Zoomorphic Slurs and the Delegitimation of Deborah and Huldah in the Babylonian Talmud
Engelsk Hardback
Bees, Wasps, and Weasels
- Zoomorphic Slurs and the Delegitimation of Deborah and Huldah in the Babylonian Talmud
Engelsk Hardback

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This study explores the zoomorphic content of Zibburta (bee/wasp) and Karkušta (weasel)—demeaning names given by R. Naḥman of b. Meg 14b to Deborah and Huldah, two distinguished prophets of the Hebrew Bible. Looking closely at relevant texts, Blaženka Scheuer explores ancient beliefs about bees, wasps, and weasels, recounting a variety of key literary and visual motifs that highlight the different attributes of these animals. Scheuer’s study demonstrates the multiple ways in which zoomorphic images were used as interpretative keys both in the formation of Deborah and Huldah stories in the Hebrew Bible and in their subsequent versions. In a constant process of interaction with their cultural contexts, such zoomorphism represents an attempt to define the rabbinic beliefs about the role of women in Jewish tradition but also about the nature of God. Scheuer argues that the symbolic association of bees and weasels with asexual conception and birth made the zoomorphic slurs about Deborah and Huldah effective also as an argument against the doctrine of virgin birth in early Christianity. Emphasizing the foundational process of constant negotiation of traditions and textual interpretations, Scheuer exposes the culturally rich and religiously competitive world in which the biblical texts were transmitted.

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Sprog:
Engelsk
Sider:
232
ISBN-13:
9781978714526
Indbinding:
Hardback
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ISBN-10:
1978714521
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Udg. Dato:
8 aug 2023
Længde:
22mm
Bredde:
237mm
Højde:
159mm
Forlag:
Rowman & Littlefield
Oplagsdato:
8 aug 2023
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