{"product_id":"body-language-jacqueline-vayntrub-9780300230901","title":"Body Language: Voice, Embodiment, and Textuality in the Hebrew Bible","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA revelatory study of embodied voice and its function in biblical texts\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ePerformance, transmission, and corporeality were essential to ancient understandings of textuality. Far more than an aide-mémoire, written text constituted a powerful mechanism for capturing and transmitting embodied vocal presence. In this bold and provocative book, Jacqueline Vayntrub demonstrates how embedded concepts of embodied speechmaking shaped a tradition of aesthetics and interpretation in the Hebrew Bible. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFor authors and readers alike, biblical texts functioned as vessels containing voices for posterity, preserving otherwise fleeting moments of performance and transporting audiences into an idealized or stylized past. Through incisive readings of passages from diverse genres and examinations of the social and material dimensions of speech in the ancient Near East, Vayntrub offers a striking reconceptualization of the biblical authors' understanding of literary craft.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jacqueline Vayntrub\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0300230907\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780300230901\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Yale University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/23\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 232\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover","brand":"Jacqueline Vayntrub","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48216442962175,"sku":"9780300230901","price":50.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_cf999222-f8d5-4dcb-b13b-c26b4e914350.jpg?v=1771991024","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/body-language-jacqueline-vayntrub-9780300230901","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}