Evil Looms: Delilah - Weaver of Wicked Wiles
In this essay, I argue that weaving functions as more than a literary flourish in Judges 16 in that it reflects widespread androcentric cultural stereotypes concerning female sexuality, deception, and entrapment. I further posit that these associations find linguistic support in the tale's sust...
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| Language: | English |
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Association
[2017]
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The catholic biblical quarterly
Year: 2017, Volume: 79, Issue: 2, Pages: 187-204 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Bible. Judge 16,4-22
/ Weaving (motif)
/ Woman
/ Sexuality
/ Deception
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| IxTheo Classification: | HB Old Testament NBE Anthropology NCF Sexual ethics |
| Further subjects: | B
ENTRAPMENT (Psychology)
B Immitation B Deception B Fraud B Stereotypes (Social psychology) B Samson Biblical character B Delilah B Entrapment B Bible. Judges B Mimesis B WEAVING in literature B Sexuality B Woman B WOMEN'S sexual behavior B weave B DELILAH (Biblical figure) B Samson B SAMSON (Biblical judge) |
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