Università Roma Tre

Biblical fiction largely depicts a world inhabited and performed by men, but it also provides space for many female figures, who stand out strongly against a landscape of consistently male protagonists. The way in which these figures are portrayed is a reflection on the one hand of the authors' own worldviews and beliefs about women and their milieu, but also of more general literary and ideological choices. The analysis of these figures will cover both the biblical texts and the narrative traditions of ancient and late antique Judaism, where some minor figures in the biblical narrative (such as Joseph's wife, or Moses' adoptive mother) receive extraordinary attention, a product of new social scenarios and new reflections on the relationship with other peoples. Other topics covered in the course will be the place of the feminine in the divine, the creation of woman, and views on conception and pregnancy.

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