Elusions of Control
Author | : Jione Havea |
Publisher | : BRILL |
Total Pages | : 248 |
Release | : 2003-01-01 |
ISBN-10 | : 9004126961 |
ISBN-13 | : 9789004126961 |
Rating | : 4/5 (61 Downloads) |
Download or read book Elusions of Control written by Jione Havea and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2003-01-01 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Using experiences of South Pacific islanders, Havea reads around and across biblical texts to explore women's vows in the Hebrew Bible, exposing the slippery nature of both language and political control and demonstrating a "transtextual" way to read biblical law. Paperback edition available from the Society of Biblical Literature (www.sbl-site.org).