Record Nr.

UNINA9910787420103321

Titolo

Celebrate her for the fruit of her hands : essays in honor of Carol L. Meyers / / edited by Susan Ackerman [and five others]

Pubbl/distr/stampa


Winona Lake, Indiana : , : Eisenbrauns, , 2015
©2015

ISBN

1-57506-711-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (435 p.)

Disciplina

220.6/082

Soggetti

Women in the Bible

Bible and feminism

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

""Contents""; ""Preface""; ""Abbreviations""; ""A Select Bibliography of the Works of Carol L. Meyers""; ""Introduction: A Teacher and Scholarâ€?s Appreciation""; ""Charles E. Carter""; ""Introduction: A Colleagueâ€?s Appreciation""; ""Susan Ackerman""; ""Hannahâ€?s Tears""; ""Susan Ackerman""; ""Women, Law, and Legal Procedure in Ancient Israel""; ""James P. Ashmore""; ""Nationalist Narratives and Biblical Memory""; ""Cynthia M. Baker""; ""When It Both Is and Is Not Rape: Gender Constructions in 2â€S̄amuel 13:1â€?22""; ""Karla G. Bohmbach""

""Speaking as â€œAny Foolish Womanâ€?: Ms. Job in the History of Reception""""Rhonda Burnette-Bletsch""; ""Numbers 5:11â€?31""; ""Women in Second Temple Judah and the Law of the Controlling Priest""; ""Claudia V. Camp""; ""â€œThere Is Much Wisdom in Herâ€?: The Matriarchs in the Qumran Library""; ""Sidnie White Crawford""; ""Poor but Wise (Qoheleth 9:13â€?16)""; ""James L. Crenshaw""; ""Reading the Bible as Agrarian Literature""; ""Ellen Davis""; ""Israelite Women as â€œRitual Expertsâ€?: Orthodoxy or Orthopraxis?""; ""William G. Dever""

""Structure and Origin of the Early Israelite and Iroquois Confederacies""""Norman K. Gottwald""; ""The Place of Biblical Studies in the University Curriculum""; ""Beyond the Religious/Secular Divide""; ""Sandie Gravett""; ""Bargaining with Patriarchy in the Book of Ruth""; ""F. V. Greifenhagen""; ""Gendered Sectarians: Envisioning Women (and

Men) at Qumran""; ""Maxine L. Grossman""; ""Translating Women""; ""The Perils of Gender-Inclusive Translation of the New Testament""; ""Ross S. Kraemer and Jennifer Eyl""; ""Ethnicity, Culture, and Religion in Artifact and Text""

""The Emergence of Complex Common Judaism""""Eric M. Meyers""; ""Plaque Figurines and the Relationship between Canaanite and Egyptian Women in the Late Bronze II""; ""Beth Alpert Nakhai""; ""The Story of David and Goliath from the Perspective of the Study of Oral Traditions""; ""Raymond F. Person Jr.""; ""I Sing the Body Politic: Stillborn Desire and the Birth of Israel in Judges 5""; ""Anathea Portier-Young""