• Gendered Activity and Jesus's Saying Not to Worry

    Author(s):
    Janelle Peters (see profile)
    Date:
    2016
    Subject(s):
    Bible, Bible. New Testament
    Item Type:
    Article
    Tag(s):
    Biblical studies, New Testament
    Permanent URL:
    http://dx.doi.org/10.17613/M65101
    Abstract:
    The flowers’ activity in the saying of Jesus about anxiety indicates an interest in cloth production across the socio-economic spectrum. I demonstrate that wool-working is a central feature of the multiform tradition of this saying and that spinning in particular was associated with women. I further note that the activity of gazing at flowers was an activity that was connected with the iconography of the goddess Spes, the Roman personification of Hope. These two cues render the entire saying an exhortation toward the feminine.
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    Pub. Date:
    2016
    Journal:
    Neotestamentica
    Page Range:
    35 - 52
    Status:
    Published
    Last Updated:
    6 years ago
    License:
    All Rights Reserved
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