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001 2008017541
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008 080418s2008 mnua b 001 0 eng
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100 1 $aMaier, Christl,$d1962-
245 10 $aDaughter Zion, mother Zion :$bgender, space, and the sacred in ancient Israel /$cChristl M. Maier.
260 $aMinneapolis :$bFortress Press,$cc2008.
300 $ax, 285 p. :$bill. ;$c23 cm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 274-275) and indexes.
505 0 $aMethodology : how to approach texts that describe "sacred space" -- The preexilic Zion tradition in Psalms and Prophets -- The feminization of space : daughter Zion in Isaiah 1-39 and Jeremiah 4-6 -- The whoring of Jersualem in prophetic texts -- Daughter Zion's wounded body in Lamentations -- The ascent and rebuilding of Jerusalem in Isaiah 40-66 -- Zion as mother and pilgrimage site -- From daughter Zion to mother Zion : the emergence of a religious symbol.
520 8 $aAn exploration of Israel's use of gender symbolism in times of crisis. In this innovative work, Christl M. Maier argues that the way Israelites in the exilic and post-exilic periods spoke of Jerusalem as gendered space - a female city - helps us trace reactions to the crisis of exile and the emergence of a new national-religious identity.
650 0 $aJerusalem in the Bible.
650 0 $aPersonification in the Bible.
630 00 $aBible.$pO.T.$xFeminist criticism.