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Record Nr.

UNINA9910779748403321

Titolo

Women in the Biblical world [[electronic resource] ] . Volume 2 : a survey of old and new testament perspectives / / edited by Elizabeth A. McCabe

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lanham, Md., : University Press of America, c2011

ISBN

0-7618-5388-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (134 p.)

Collana

Women in the Biblical World

Altri autori (Persone)

McCabeElizabeth A

Disciplina

220.6

Soggetti

Women in the Bible

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di contenuto

Chapter 1 Foreword Chapter 2 Preface Chapter 3 Acknowledgements Chapter 4 About the Contributors Chapter 5 Abbreviations Chapter 6 A Liberating Look at Tamar in Genesis 38 Chapter 7 Who Is Interpreting the Text? A Feminist Jewish Hermeneutic of Deborah Chapter 8 Manoah's Wife: Gender Inversion in a Patriarchal Birth Narrative Chapter 9 Defending Queen Vashti in Esther 1:10-12: What Her Attorney Might Say Chapter 10 A Clever Twist to a Classic Tale: A Fresh Perspective on Job's Wife in Job 2:9 Chapter 11 Hat or Hair in 1 Corinthians 11:2-16 or Does It Matter? What Are Christian Women to Do? Chapter 12 Women in Greco-Roman Education and Its Implications for 1 Corinthians 14 and 1 Timothy 2 Chapter 13 Prayer and Syncretism in 1 Timothy

Sommario/riassunto

This book encompasses the latest research in feminist biblical scholarship. New angles of interpretation and fresh perspectives regarding often overlooked biblical women will be gained from the pages of this volume, which focuses on such women as Tamar, Deborah, Manoah's wife, Queen Vashti, and Job's wife.