Fathers and Daughters in the Hebrew Bible

Fathers and Daughters in the Hebrew Bible
ISBN-10
0199673829
ISBN-13
9780199673827
Category
Psychology
Pages
265
Language
English
Published
2013-03-28
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Author
Johanna Stiebert

Description

This book provides the fullest examination of father-daughter depictions in the Hebrew Bible to date. While father-son depictions are more prominent, there none the less exists a broad spectrum of metaphors, myths, legal texts and narrative accounts featuring daughters alongside fathers. When this full range is taken into account, instead of - like many preceding approaches, which have looked at more lurid examples (like the narrative of Jephthah's sacrifice ofhis daughter, or Lot's incest with his daughters) in isolation - it emerges that the daughter is depicted also in very affectionate terms. The daughter is not invisible in the Hebrew Bible: she emerges as integral part of the family and, occasionally at least, as the most cherished and the mostdeserving of her father's protection.

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