TY - BOOK AU - Ellis,Teresa Ann TI - Gender in the book of Ben Sira: divine wisdom, erotic poetry, and the Garden of Eden T2 - Beihefte zur Zeitschrift fur die alttestamentlice Wissenschaft SN - 9783110330892 AV - BS1765.53 .E45 2013eb U1 - 229.406 23 PY - 2013///] CY - Boston PB - De Gruyter KW - Bible KW - Ecclesiasticus KW - Criticism, interpretation, etc KW - fast KW - Sex role KW - Biblical teaching KW - RĂ´le selon le sexe KW - Enseignement biblique KW - RELIGION KW - Biblical Studies KW - Bible Study Guides KW - bisacsh KW - Ben Sira KW - Gender KW - Song of Songs KW - Wisdom KW - Electronic books N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; Gender and taxonomies -- Gender and impersonal speech -- Divine female(s) -- Human females -- Human female, biblical females -- The discourse of gender in the book of Ben Sira N2 - Scholars who accept Ben Sira's comments on women at face-value or ignore parallel comments about men preclude fundamental questions about the functions of these statements and about their contexts. Gender in the Book of Ben Sira provides a distinctly-different perspective on the discourse of gender in the extant Hebrew manuscripts. The focus on wordplay, genre-constraints, and topics named in the book's subtitle-Divine Wisdom, Erotic Poetry, and the Garden of Eden-expands the boundaries for studies of gender UR - https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=661769 ER -