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Bereaved Mothers and Masculine Queens: The Political Use of Maternal Grief in 1–2 Kings
Open Theology Pub Date : 2020-07-23 , DOI: 10.1515/opth-2020-0120
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Abstract Recent research demonstrates that maternal grief functions paradigmatically to epitomize despair and sorrow in the Hebrew Bible. These literary uses of maternal grief reinforce the stereotype of womanhood, defined by devotion to children and anguish at their loss. In 1–2 Kings, narratives about unnamed bereaved mothers are used politically to create a contrast with named biblical queens who lose their sons but never grieve for them. Although 1–2 Kings names the queen mothers alongside the male rulers, these mothers have no agency or when they do, they act more like men than women. Neo-Assyrian inscriptions attest the masculinity of royal female power, and this article argues that conceptions of royal female power in Judah were similar. By contrasting the masculine queens with stereotyped “real men” and “real women,” traditional gender performances literarily overcome the institution of queenship. While the queens are polemicized, unnamed mothers emerge as the female heroes of Kings. Royal female power is demoted beneath reproductive ability and emotional responses to children, while the gender fluidity of royal power is circumscribed.

中文翻译:

失去亲人的母亲和女王/王后:1-2个国王对产妇悲痛的政治利用

摘要最近的研究表明,母性悲痛在范式上起到了希伯来语圣经中绝望和悲伤的缩影。孕产妇悲伤的这些文学用途加强了对女性的刻板印象,即对孩子的热爱和对孩子的痛苦所造成的痛苦。在1-2个国王中,政治上使用有关无名丧亲母亲的叙述来与那些失去儿子却从不为之苦恼的有名的圣经皇后形成对比。尽管有1–2个国王与男性统治者一道任命王后母亲,但这些母亲没有任何代理权,或者当他们这样做时,他们的举止更像男人而不是女人。新亚述碑文证明了王室女性权力的阳刚之气,本文认为,犹大王室女性权力的概念相似。通过将男性皇后与刻板的“真实男人”和“真实女人”进行对比,传统的性别表演从文学上克服了王后制度。皇后被争执不休,但无名母亲成为国王的女性英雄。在生殖能力和对儿童的情感反应之下,皇家女性权力被降级,而皇家权力的性别流动性受到限制。
更新日期:2020-07-23
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