Silencing Leah: The Construction of Idealised Femininity in The Book of Jubilees

This paper examines the depiction of the matriarch Leah in the Book of Jubilees. It argues that, through a careful rewriting of the Leah tradition found in the Book of Genesis, the author of Jubilees transforms Leah into the model wife, and in doing so provides a discursive reconfiguration of notion...

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Autor principal: Syfox, Chontel (Autor)
Tipo de documento: Electrónico Artículo
Lenguaje:Inglés
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Publicado: Brill 2024
En: Biblical interpretation
Año: 2024, Volumen: 32, Número: 1, Páginas: 26-51
(Cadenas de) Palabra clave estándar:B Book of Jubilees / Genesis / Lea, Biblical person / Matriarchy / Wife / Voice / Gender / Femininity / Transformation
Clasificaciones IxTheo:FD Teología contextual
HB Antiguo Testamento
Otras palabras clave:B Leah
B Femininity
B Genesis
B Gender
B Second Temple Judaism
B Jubilees
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Sumario:This paper examines the depiction of the matriarch Leah in the Book of Jubilees. It argues that, through a careful rewriting of the Leah tradition found in the Book of Genesis, the author of Jubilees transforms Leah into the model wife, and in doing so provides a discursive reconfiguration of notions about idealised femininity. The silencing of Leah’s voice is central to the transformative rewriting through which the matriarch becomes the perfect wife and the embodiment of idealised femininity in Jubilees.
ISSN:1568-5152
Obras secundarias:Enthalten in: Biblical interpretation
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1163/15685152-20231760