Der Sammelband anlasslich der Emeritierung von Johannes Marboeck, Professor am Institut fur Alttestamentliche Bibelwissenschaft der Karl-Franzens-Universitat Graz, ist dem wichtigsten Arbeitsfeld des Geehrten gewidmet: der Weisheitsliteratur des Alten Testaments. In den zahlreichen Beitragen namhafter Wissenschaftlerinnen und Wissenschaftler wird dieses Thema aus hoechst unterschiedlichen Perspektiven immer neu in den Blick genommen.

This study examines the rhetoric of the Old Testament Miriam references and their socio-historical contexts, and processes the history of research into Miriam from a feminist perspective. Previous research into Miriam was largely determined by prior decisions on literary history, and was thus only able to make rudimentary statements about Miriam. In contrast, a feminist rhetorical analysis inquiring into the aesthetics of reception and production reveals new contexts for what Miriam represents in the text. She can no longer be regarded as a 'prophetess' from the early history of Israel, but instead represents a particular theo-political position in Persian times.