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On Femininities in the Song of Songs and Beyond: “The Most Beautiful Woman”(The Library of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament Studies)

On Femininities in the Song of Songs and Beyond: “The Most Beautiful Woman”(The Library of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament Studies)


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Vita Daphna Arbel uses critical theories of gender to offer an alternative reading of the multilayered conceptualization of the Song of Song's feminine protagonist: “the most beautiful woman”. Arbel treats “the most beautiful woman” as a culturally constructed and performed representation of “woman,” and situates this representation within the cultural-­discursive contexts in which the Song partly emerged. She examines the gender norms and cultural ideologies it both reflects and constructs, and considers the manner in which this complex representation disrupts rigid, ahistorical notions of femininity, and how it consequently indirectly characterizes “womanhood” as dynamic and diverse. Finally, Arbel examines the reception and impact of these ideas on later conceptualizations of the Song of Songs' female protagonist with a heuristic examination of Mark Chagall’s Song of Songs painting cycle, Le Cantique des Cantiques. These compositions—selected for their diverse depictions of the Song’s protagonist, their impact on European art, and their vast popularity and bearing in the broader cultural imagination—illustrate a fascinating dialogue between the present and the past about the “most beautiful woman” and about multiple femininities.

Table of Contents:
1. Introduction 2. On Patriarchy, Female Eroticism, and Idealized Femininity 3. On Many Shades of Femininity 4. On Conformity and Resistance through Dressing and Undressing 5. ‘The Most Beautiful Woman” and Later Generations Bibliography Index

About the Author :
Vita Daphna Arbel is Professor Emerita of Biblical/Early Jewish Literature at the The University of British Columbia, Canada.

Review :
This monograph studies "the most beautiful woman" (Song 1:8, 5:9, 6:2), the female protagonist of the Song, using gender criticism and other critical methods ... This is a fine addition to a growing library of scholarly works on the Song of Songs.


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9780567700094
  • Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
  • Publisher Imprint: T.& T.Clark Ltd
  • Height: 234 mm
  • No of Pages: 192
  • Sub Title: “The Most Beautiful Woman”
  • ISBN-10: 0567700097
  • Publisher Date: 27 Jul 2023
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Series Title: The Library of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament Studies
  • Width: 156 mm


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