{"product_id":"sex-and-slaughter-in-the-tent-of-jael-a-cultural-history-of-a-biblical-story-9780190626877","title":"Sex and Slaughter in the Tent of Jael: A Cultural History of a Biblical Story","description":"In the Hebrew Bible, Judges 4-5 tells the lurid story of the heroic figure of Jael, the formidable woman who saves Israel from the Canaanite army by seducing their general, Sisera, and then nailing his head to the ground with a tent-peg. Once separated from its original theological context, \u003cbr\u003ethe Jael and Sisera tradition transforms into a story about gender identity and conflict between the sexes. This gruesome tale has long intrigued scholars and artists alike, repeatedly and creatively building on its gendered themes. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eSex and Slaughter in the Tent of Jael\u003c\/em\u003e, Colleen Conway offers the first sustained look at how this biblical tradition has been used artistically to articulate and inform cultural debates about gender. She traces the cultural retellings of this story in poems, prints, paintings, plays, and\u003cbr\u003enarratives across centuries. Conway examines the ways in which Jael has been reimagined by turns as a wily seductress, passionate lover, frustrated and bored mother, peace-bringing earth goddess, and deadly cyborg assassin. Meanwhile, Sisera variously plays the enemy general, the seduced lover, the\u003cbr\u003enoble but tragically duped victim, and the violent male chauvinist. Ultimately, Conway's analyses demonstrate how cultural productions of this ancient text intersect with broader conversations about the often conflicted, and sometimes violent, relationship between the sexes.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Colleen M. Conway\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Oxford University Press, USA\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/31\/2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 232\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.05lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.30h x 6.10w x 1.00d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780190626877\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDr. Colleen M. Conway \u003c\/strong\u003eis Professor of Religion at Seton Hall University. She is the author of \u003cem\u003eBehold the Man: Jesus and Greco-Roman Masculinity\u003c\/em\u003e (Oxford University Press, 2008) and numerous articles on gender construction in the New Testament.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Oxford University Press, USA","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":39929208111219,"sku":"9.78E+12","price":41.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_8349d279-7d01-4d5c-bfaf-372690db91ad.jpg?v=1647611423","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/sex-and-slaughter-in-the-tent-of-jael-a-cultural-history-of-a-biblical-story-9780190626877","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}