List of Images Acknowledgements Abbreviations Introduction Chapter 1: The Femme Fatale: Cultural Icon Chapter 2: Mind the Gap Part 1: Delilah’s Afterlives as Femme Fatale in Biblical Interpretation Chapter 3: Mind the Gap Part 2: Delilah’s Afterlives as Femme Fatale in Popular Culture Chapter 4: Alternative Afterlives: Deconstructing Delilah as Femme Fatale Conclusions Bibliography Author Index Index of Biblical Texts
Sheds new light on how the iconic character of Delilah has been read through history and culture.
Caroline Blyth is Lecturer in Religious Studies at the University of Auckland, New Zealand.
Blyth offers an erudite and informative inspection of the ways in
which the character of Delilah has been received and transformed by
later interpreters. I would recommend her book to anyone who is
interested in contributing productively to issues of gender equity
and biblical interpretation.
*Biblical Theology Bulletin*
[T]he most refreshing element of Blyth’s work is her careful
attention to distinctions between the putative threats embodied by
Delilah as femme fatale in each specific context of a cultural
retelling, which makes Blyth’s reception history of Delilah’s
afterlives far more nuanced than any rote catalog of
interpretations.
*Religious Studies Review*
This book is a fascinating study of a contemporary cultural icon
and its helpful role in leading us to understand Judg 16.
*Bulletin of Biblical Research*
The book offers an important contribution to the wider discussion
about gender stereotypes in engaging the image of Delilah as femme
fatale, thus creating room for a different view and appreciation of
this image rather than discarding it.
*Biblische Notizen*
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