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The Good, the Bold, and the Beautiful - The Story of Susanna and its Renaissance Interpretations (Hardcover) Loot Price: R5,221
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The Good, the Bold, and the Beautiful - The Story of Susanna and its Renaissance Interpretations (Hardcover): Dan W Clanton Jr

The Good, the Bold, and the Beautiful - The Story of Susanna and its Renaissance Interpretations (Hardcover)

Dan W Clanton Jr

Series: The Library of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament Studies

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The story of Susanna and the Elders is one of the most interpreted and reproduced tales from the "Apocrypha". In its compact narrative, it touches on attempted rape, female sexuality, abuse of power, punishment for the wicked, and voyeurism. "The Good, the Bold, the Beautiful" argues that the story of Susanna was written in the first century BCE, and Clanton provides a brief description of that century. He performs a narrative-rhetorical reading of Susanna, and illustrates that the story uses sexual anxiety and desire to set up a moral dilemma for Susanna. That moral dilemma is resolved in two ways: Susanna's refusal to allow herself to be raped, and Daniel's intervention. Clanton argues that although the story has many mimetic features, it is the thematic function that is overriding, especially after Daniel's appearance. Put another way, the story's emphasis on Susanna, the Elders, and Daniel as "plausible people" is secondary to its stress on what those characters represent and the message it is relaying through those representations. Clanton analyzes chronologically selected aesthetic interpretations of the story found in the Renaissance. He shows that the prevailing artistic interpretation during the Renaissance focused on the mimetic, sexual aspects of the story because it deals with issues of patronage, and sex/gender that were current at the time. "The Good, the Bold, the Beautiful" argues that several Renaissance renderings provide counter readings that focus more on the value and themes in the story. These renderings provide models for readers to resist the sexually exploitative features of both the narrative and its interpretations. Clanton reflects on the need for the reader to resist potentially harmful interpretation, especially those that focus on the mimetic level of the story's rhetoric.

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Imprint: T. & T. Clark
Country of origin: United Kingdom
Series: The Library of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament Studies
Release date: May 2006
First published: April 2006
Authors: Dan W Clanton Jr
Dimensions: 234 x 156 x 20mm (L x W x T)
Format: Hardcover
Pages: 222
ISBN-13: 978-0-567-02991-1
Languages: English
Subtitles: English
Categories: Books > Humanities > Religion & beliefs > Christianity > The Bible > Bible readings or selections
Books > Religion & Spirituality > Christianity > The Bible > Bible readings or selections
Books > Christianity > The Bible > Bible readings or selections
LSN: 0-567-02991-3
Barcode: 9780567029911

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