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Holiness and Transgression : Mothers of the Messiah in the Jewish Myth / Ruth Kara-Ivanov Kaniel.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Psychoanalysis and Jewish LifePublisher: Boston, MA : Academic Studies Press, [2017]Copyright date: ©2017Description: 1 online resource (294 p.)Content type:
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ISBN:
  • 9781618115607
  • 9781618115614
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • BM530 .K354 2017
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  • online - DeGruyter
Online resources: Available additional physical forms:
  • Issued also in print.
Contents:
Frontmatter -- Table of Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Translator's Note -- Introduction -- Part One. Messianic Mothers in the Bible -- Part Two. The Messianic Mother in Rabbinic Literature- Sororal Love and "Ethics of Redemption" -- Part Three. The Messianic Mother in the Zoharic Literature -- Conclusion: Gender Reversal and the Poetics of Redemption -- Epilogue. The Messianic Mother in Judaism and Christianity -- Bibliography -- Index
Summary: This volume deals with the female dynasty of the House of David and its influence on the Jewish Messianic Myth. It provides a missing link in the chain of research on the topic of messianism and contributes to the understanding of the connection between female transgression and redemption, from the Bible through Rabbinic literature until the Zohar. The discussion of the centrality of the mother image in Judeo-Christian culture and the parallels between the appearance of Mary in the Gospels and the Davidic Mothers in the Hebrew Bible, stresses mutual representations of "the mother of the messiah" in Christian and Jewish imaginaire. Through the prism of gender studies and by stressing questions of femininity, motherhood and sexuality, the subject appears in a new light. This research highlights the importance of intertwining Jewish literary study with comparative religion and gender theories, enabling the process of filling in the 'mythic gaps' in classical Jewish sources. The book won the Pines, Lakritz and Warburg awards.
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Frontmatter -- Table of Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Translator's Note -- Introduction -- Part One. Messianic Mothers in the Bible -- Part Two. The Messianic Mother in Rabbinic Literature- Sororal Love and "Ethics of Redemption" -- Part Three. The Messianic Mother in the Zoharic Literature -- Conclusion: Gender Reversal and the Poetics of Redemption -- Epilogue. The Messianic Mother in Judaism and Christianity -- Bibliography -- Index

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This volume deals with the female dynasty of the House of David and its influence on the Jewish Messianic Myth. It provides a missing link in the chain of research on the topic of messianism and contributes to the understanding of the connection between female transgression and redemption, from the Bible through Rabbinic literature until the Zohar. The discussion of the centrality of the mother image in Judeo-Christian culture and the parallels between the appearance of Mary in the Gospels and the Davidic Mothers in the Hebrew Bible, stresses mutual representations of "the mother of the messiah" in Christian and Jewish imaginaire. Through the prism of gender studies and by stressing questions of femininity, motherhood and sexuality, the subject appears in a new light. This research highlights the importance of intertwining Jewish literary study with comparative religion and gender theories, enabling the process of filling in the 'mythic gaps' in classical Jewish sources. The book won the Pines, Lakritz and Warburg awards.

Issued also in print.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

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