Book contents
- The Feminized Hero in Second Temple Judaism
- The Feminized Hero in Second Temple Judaism
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Note on Abbreviations and Translations
- Introduction
- 1 The Hebrew Bible Background of the Feminized and Masculinized Protagonist
- 2 A Feminized Ezra and a Masculinized Nehemiah
- 3 The Daniel Tradition and Susanna
- 4 Esther, Judith and Achior, and the Women of Rewritten Scripture
- 5 The Feminized Protagonist in Wisdom of Solomon and the Gospel of Mark
- Conclusion – and Three Post–Second Temple Examples: Shepherd of Hermas, Testament of Joseph, and Joseph and Aseneth
- Bibliography
- Subject Index
- Index of Modern Authors
- Index of Ancient Literature
Introduction
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 09 January 2025
Book contents
- The Feminized Hero in Second Temple Judaism
- The Feminized Hero in Second Temple Judaism
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Note on Abbreviations and Translations
- Introduction
- 1 The Hebrew Bible Background of the Feminized and Masculinized Protagonist
- 2 A Feminized Ezra and a Masculinized Nehemiah
- 3 The Daniel Tradition and Susanna
- 4 Esther, Judith and Achior, and the Women of Rewritten Scripture
- 5 The Feminized Protagonist in Wisdom of Solomon and the Gospel of Mark
- Conclusion – and Three Post–Second Temple Examples: Shepherd of Hermas, Testament of Joseph, and Joseph and Aseneth
- Bibliography
- Subject Index
- Index of Modern Authors
- Index of Ancient Literature
Summary
The recent research on the perfectionism associated with the preexilic heroes of the Hebrew Bible – Noah, Abraham, Moses, and so on – lays a foundation for considering the different way that the Second Temple period heroes were described – Ezra, Daniel, Susanna, Sarah (in Tobit), Esther, Achior (in Judith), the non-Jewish Ahikar, and Jesus in the Gospel of Mark. The latter were marked by being problematized and often feminized, and a contrast is often drawn between feminized and masculinized figures.
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- The Feminized Hero in Second Temple Judaism , pp. 1 - 34Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2025