浅析旧约中的女性形象_英语论文

An Analysis of Women Images in the Old Testament

摘要

随着女性解放运动的发展和女性意识的强化，越来越多的人从女性主义的角度对圣经重新进行了认识。旧约中描写的女性角色，远远不及那些男性英雄角色醒目。女性存在的作用有极大部分都是因为她作为母亲这一角色所具有的生育功能，许多女性都没有话语权。在父权制文化的影响下，圣经中的女性常常会被忽略。本文通过分析旧约中的四位女性代表：众生之母夏娃，唯一的一位女士师底波拉，孝顺感恩的路得和善良勇敢的犹太女英雄以斯帖，旨在通过分析女性在旧约和当今的地位，价值和作用，使旧约中的女性的形象更加鲜活，并阐释父权制社会下的女性主义。

关键词： 《旧约》 女性形象 父权制文化

Abstract

With the development of women’s liberation movement and the enhancement of feminism awareness, more and more people attempt to interpret the Bible from feminism. Men are more dazzling than women in the Old Testament. The role of woman is procreation as a mother. Majority of women don’t have a voice at all. Under the influence of patriarchy, the images of women had always been neglected. This thesis depicts four female representatives in the Old Testament: Eve, who is the mother of all the living; Deborah, the only one prophetess; filial Ruth and dauntless Esther. This paper tend to vivify an interpretation of women’s images in the Old Testament the feminism under the patriarchy by analyzing women’s status and function in the Old Testament and nowadays.  

Key words: the Old Testament  women’s image  patriarch

Contents

Introduction 1

1 The Women’s Status in the Old Testament 2

2 Eve, the Mother of All the Living 3

3 Three Matriarchs in the Old Testament 5

3.1 Deborah, the Only Prophetess 5

3.2 Ruth, the Happiness Pursuer 7

3.3 Esther, the Dauntless Heroine 9

Conclusion 12

Bibliography 13

Acknowledgements 16