Ben Sira on family, gender, and sexuality /
The Book of Ben Sira, the longest Jewish wisdom book, is a combination of wisdom poems about a personified female wisdom figure, and of teachings on everyday issues including marriage, family life, self-control, desires, and sexual promiscuity. Its author demonstrates an anxiety regarding matters of...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Berlin :
De Gruyter,
2011.
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| Series: | Deuterocanonical and cognate literature studies ;
v. 8. |
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
Table of Contents:
- Acknowledgments; Table of contents; Introduction with literature review and methodology; Chapter 1: Respect for fathers and mothers and the treatment of widows
- Chapter 2: The anxiety of bringing up children: teachings on sons and daughters
- Chapter 3: Teachings on marital relationships
- Chapter 4: Teachings on sexual behaviour that is either illicit and/or discouraged, including adultery and approaching prostitutes, virgins, maidservants
- Chapter 5: Wisdom poems
- Chapter 6: Conclusion.