A Feminist Companion to Ruth and Esther

A Feminist Companion to Ruth and Esther
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Publisher : A&C Black
Total Pages : 272
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ISBN-10 : 9780567475121
ISBN-13 : 0567475123
Rating : 4/5 (21 Downloads)

Synopsis A Feminist Companion to Ruth and Esther by : Athalya Brenner-Idan

The second series of Feminist Companions moves beyond the confines of sex- and gender-specific issues and studies of biblical women. Biblical feminist critics now address contemporary life situations, marginalization and a range of questions once not thought accessible to such critique. Feminist theory has also continued a rapid evolution. Among the topics included in this volume are composition, Torah, Ruth-the-Cat, female networking-together with much else to inform and stimulate female (and male) biblical scholars and non-scholars.

A Feminist Companion to Ruth and Esther

A Feminist Companion to Ruth and Esther
Author :
Publisher : A&C Black
Total Pages : 273
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9780567475121
ISBN-13 : 0567475123
Rating : 4/5 (21 Downloads)

Synopsis A Feminist Companion to Ruth and Esther by : Athalya Brenner-Idan

The second series of Feminist Companions moves beyond the confines of sex- and gender-specific issues and studies of biblical women. Biblical feminist critics now address contemporary life situations, marginalization and a range of questions once not thought accessible to such critique. Feminist theory has also continued a rapid evolution. Among the topics included in this volume are composition, Torah, Ruth-the-Cat, female networking-together with much else to inform and stimulate female (and male) biblical scholars and non-scholars.

Feminist Companion to Ruth

Feminist Companion to Ruth
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Publisher : A&C Black
Total Pages : 222
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ISBN-10 : 9780567348265
ISBN-13 : 0567348261
Rating : 4/5 (65 Downloads)

Synopsis Feminist Companion to Ruth by : Athalya Brenner-Idan

This volume is part of a series which provides a fundamental resource for feminist biblical scholarship, containing a comprehensive selection of essays, both reprinted and specially written for the series, by leading feminist scholars. 'An enterprising series of collections of important and pioneering studies.... Those teaching feminist courses will find the books invaluable as a resource for students.' C.S. Rodd, Expository Times.

Ruth, Esther, Song of Songs, and Judith

Ruth, Esther, Song of Songs, and Judith
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Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Total Pages : 279
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ISBN-10 : 9781606085202
ISBN-13 : 1606085204
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Synopsis Ruth, Esther, Song of Songs, and Judith by : Lisa M. Wolfe

This lively commentary encompasses four major books focusing on women in the Hebrew Bible and Apocrypha. Each section in the volume addresses the biblical text in detail, and draws connections from the world of ancient audiences to that of present-day readers. Wolfe's research is motivated by the usual inquiries of biblical scholarship, as well as the questions raised by the many church Bible study groups she has taught. Clergy and laity, students and scholars will benefit from these contemporarily relevant reflections on Ruth, Esther, Song of Songs and Judith. Ruth: The foreign widow who sneaks onto the nighttime threshing floor to find survival for herself and her devastated mother-in-law. Esther: The Jewish orphan-turned-queen who turns Persian banqueting on its head in an effort to defend her people. Song of Songs: The proud and alluring lover who claims her sexuality as her own and joyfully shares it with her beloved. Judith: The pious and beautiful widow who lets the enemy commander's appetite become his downfall in order to save her besieged city. This volume is an opportunity to engage these women's suspense-filled stories, which have sustained faith communities since ancient times. ________ Lisa Wolfe is also the author of a DVD Bible study series "Uppity Women of the Bible" (Living the Questions, 2010), which is a companion to this book.To purchase a copy of the DVD series, please visit the following link at Living the Questions: http://www.livingthequestions.com/xcart/home.php?cat=461

A Feminist Companion to Prophets and Daniel

A Feminist Companion to Prophets and Daniel
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Publisher : A&C Black
Total Pages : 320
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ISBN-10 : 9780567184702
ISBN-13 : 0567184706
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Synopsis A Feminist Companion to Prophets and Daniel by : Athalya Brenner-Idan

This final volume in the Feminist Companion to the Bible Second series is a sparkling collection. These essays revisit the figure of the Goddess, redefine female prophet-(esse)s, consider Yahweh as a violent husband, explore various aspects or eroticism in prophetic literature and discuss how to say no to a prophet. In the section on Daniel the Obtuse Foreign Ruler is viewed from the perspective of both feminism and humor, while Belshazzar's mother is proposed as another wise queen. Contributors include Judith Hadley, Esther Fuchs, Renate Jost, Rainer Kessler, Gerlinde Baumann, Mary Shields, Erin Runions, Tamar Kamlonkowski, Ulrike Sals, Julia M. O'Brien, Mayer Gruber, H. von Deventer, and Emily Sampson.

Feminist Companion to Esther, Judith and Susanna

Feminist Companion to Esther, Judith and Susanna
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Publisher : A&C Black
Total Pages : 337
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ISBN-10 : 9780567491459
ISBN-13 : 0567491455
Rating : 4/5 (59 Downloads)

Synopsis Feminist Companion to Esther, Judith and Susanna by : Athalya Brenner-Idan

This volume in the prestigious Feminist Companions series edited by Athalya Brenner covers this fascinating figures of Esther, Judith, and Susanna.

Dictionary of the Old Testament: Wisdom, Poetry & Writings

Dictionary of the Old Testament: Wisdom, Poetry & Writings
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Publisher : InterVarsity Press
Total Pages : 992
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ISBN-10 : 9780830817832
ISBN-13 : 0830817832
Rating : 4/5 (32 Downloads)

Synopsis Dictionary of the Old Testament: Wisdom, Poetry & Writings by : Tremper Longman III

Tremper Longman III and Peter E. Enns edit this collection of 148 articles by over 90 contributors on Job, Psalms, Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, Song of Songs, Lamentations, Ruth and Esther.

A Feminist Companion to Samuel and Kings

A Feminist Companion to Samuel and Kings
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Publisher : A&C Black
Total Pages : 151
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ISBN-10 : 9780567069740
ISBN-13 : 0567069745
Rating : 4/5 (40 Downloads)

Synopsis A Feminist Companion to Samuel and Kings by : Athalya Brenner-Idan

This collection of studies, reflecting developments in feminist exegesis over the last few years in Europe and the United States, includes treatments of key female figures ('Tamar and the "Coat of Many Colours"' by Adrien Janis Bledstein; 'Michal, the Barren Wife' by Lillian R. Klein; 'On Centering a Fringe Figure: The Wife of Jeroboam in 1 Kings 14:1-18' by Uta Schmidt; 'The Widow of Zarephath and the Great Woman of Shunem: A Comparative Analysis of Two Stories' by Jopie Siebert-Hommes), and a new examination of a biblical threesome, 'Saul, David and Jonathan: The Story of a Triangle? A Contribution to the Issue of Homosexuality in the First Testament' by Silvia Schroer and Thomas Staubli.

Introducing the Women's Hebrew Bible

Introducing the Women's Hebrew Bible
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Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Total Pages : 217
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ISBN-10 : 9780567663399
ISBN-13 : 0567663396
Rating : 4/5 (99 Downloads)

Synopsis Introducing the Women's Hebrew Bible by : Susanne Scholz

Introducing the Women's Hebrew Bible is an up-to-date feminist introduction to the historical, socio-political, and academic developments of feminist biblical scholarship. In the second edition of this popular text Susanne Scholz offers new insights into the diverse field of feminist studies on the Hebrew Bible. Scholz provides a new introductory survey of the history of feminism more broadly, giving context to its rise in biblical studies, before looking at the history and issues as they relate specifically to feminist readings and readers of the Hebrew Bible. Scholz then presents the life and work of several influential feminist scholars of the Bible, outlining their career paths and the characteristics of their work. The volume also outlines how to relate the Bible to sexual violence and feminist postcolonial demands. Two new chapters further delineate recent developments in feminist biblical studies. One chapter addresses the relationship between feminist exegesis and queer theory as well as masculinity studies. Another chapter problematizes the gender discourse as it has emerged in the Christian Right's approaches to the Old Testament.