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Daughter Zion, mother Zion : gender, space, and the sacred in ancient Israel
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- Creator
- Christl M. Maier
- Format
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- Language
- English
- Publication
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- Minneapolis : Fortress Press, [2008]
- ©2008
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- x, 285 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
- ISBNs
- 9780800662417, 0800662415
- OCLC
- ocn226304713
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 274-275) and indexes.
- Methodology : 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