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"Why Ask My Name?": Anonymity and Identity in Biblical Narrative
Contributor(s): Reinhartz, Adele (Author)

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 ISBN: 0195099702     ISBN-13: 9780195099706
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
OUR PRICE: $183.75  

Binding Type: Hardcover - See All Available Formats & Editions
Published: November 1998
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Annotation: Unnamed characters--such as Lot's wife, Jephthah's daughter, Pharaoh's baker, and the witch of Endor--are ubiquitous in the Hebrew Bible and appear in a wide variety of roles. Adele Reinhartz here seeks to answer two principal questions: first, is there a "poetics of anonymity," and if so,
what are its contours? Second, how does anonymity affect the readers' response to and construction of unnamed biblical characters? The author is especially interested in issues related to gender and class, seeking to determine whether anonymity is more prominent among mothers, wives, daughters, and
servants than among fathers, husbands, sons and kings and whether the anonymity of female characters functions differently from that of male characters.
Additional Information
BISAC Categories:
- Religion | Reference
- Religion | Biblical Criticism & Interpretation - Old Testament
Dewey: 221.6
LCCN: 97044216
Lexile Measure: 1350(Not Available)
Physical Information: 1.11" H x 6.43" W x 9.53" L (1.20 lbs) 240 pages
Themes:
- Religious Orientation - Christian
- Religious Orientation - Jewish
 
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Unnamed characters--such as Lot's wife, Jephthah's daughter, Pharaoh's baker, and the witch of Endor--are ubiquitous in the Hebrew Bible and appear in a wide variety of roles. Adele Reinhartz here seeks to answer two principal questions: first, is there a poetics of anonymity, and if so,
what are its contours? Second, how does anonymity affect the readers' response to and construction of unnamed biblical characters? The author is especially interested in issues related to gender and class, seeking to determine whether anonymity is more prominent among mothers, wives, daughters, and
servants than among fathers, husbands, sons and kings and whether the anonymity of female characters functions differently from that of male characters.
 
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