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.