Daughter Zion, Mother Zion Gender, Space, and the Sacred in Ancient Israel by Christl M. Maier

Book

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Community of Christ Library

Name/Title

Daughter Zion, Mother Zion Gender, Space, and the Sacred in Ancient Israel by Christl M. Maier

Description

Methodology : how to approach texts that describe "sacred space" -- The preexilic Zion tradition in Psalms and Prophets -- The feminization of space : daughter Zion in Isaiah 1:39 and Jeremiah 4:6 -- The whoring of daughter Zion in prophetic texts -- Jerusalem's wounded body in Lamentations -- The ascent and rebuilding of Jerusalem in Isaiah 40:66 -- Zion as mother and pilgrimage site -- From daughter Zion to mother Zion : the emergence of a religious symbol. x, 285 p. :ill. ;23 cm.

Book Details

Author

Maier, Christl M.

Place Published

City

Minneapolis

Date Published

circa 2008

Publication Subjects

Bible.--Old Testament--Feminist criticism. Jerusalem in the Bible. Personification in the Bible.

Call No.

BS1199 .J38 M35 2008

ISBN

9780800662417 (alk. paper)

LCCN

2008017541

Notes

Bibliography Note: Includes bibliographical references (p. 274-275) and indexes.