<p>Fontaine explores the social roles of women as depicted within the book of Proverbs, as well as the character archetypes and patriarchal ideologies which undergird the sages' portrayal. Using feminist folklore methodologies and performance studies, the author explores an alternative paradigm for understanding women's relationship to wisdom traditions in the ancient Near East, using parallel texts, later midrash and extrabiblical representations of biblical women associated with wisdom. Fontaine is thus able to show that women were culturally authorized 'performers' of the familybased wisdom traditions of teaching, economic problemsolving, and caregiving, and that these roles provided them with a platform to use their acknowledged wisdom in public roles.</p>

Smooth Words: Women, Proverbs and Performance in Biblical Wisdom (The Library of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament Studies)

Religion & Spirituality

Fontaine, Carole

Christian Books & Bibles

Sheffield Academic+press

This book explores the social roles of women as portrayed within the book of Proverbs, as well as the character archetypes and patriarchal ideologies which undergird the sages' portrayal. Using feminist folklore methodologies and performance studies, the author explores an alternative paradigm for understanding women's relationship to wisdom traditions in the ancient near east, using parallel texts, later midrash and extrabiblical re-presentations of biblical women associated with wisdom. The author demonstrates that women were culturally authorized 'performers' of the family based wisdom traditions of teaching, economic problem solving, and care giving, and that these roles provided them with a platform to use their acknowledged wisdom in public roles.

Fontaine explores the social roles of women as depicted within the book of Proverbs, as well as the character archetypes and patriarchal ideologies which undergird the sages' portrayal. Using feminist folklore methodologies and performance studies, the author explores an alternative paradigm for understanding women's relationship to wisdom traditions in the ancient Near East, using parallel texts, later midrash and extrabiblical re-presentations of biblical women associated with wisdom.Fontaine is thus able to show that women were culturally authorized 'performers' of the family-based wisdom traditions of teaching, economic problem-solving, and care-giving, and that these roles provided them with a platform to use their acknowledged wisdom in public roles.

Smooth Words: Women, Proverbs, and Performance in Biblical Wisdom (Journal for the Study of the Old Testament Supplement)

Sheffield Academic Pr

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Smooth Words: Women, Proverbs and Performance in Biblical Wisdom (The Library of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament Studies)

Smooth Words: Women, Proverbs and Performance in Biblical Wisdom (The Library of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament Studies)

Smooth Words: Women, Proverbs, and Performance in Biblical Wisdom (Journal for the Study of the Old Testament Supplement)