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Record Nr.

UNINA9910964921303321

Autore

McCabe Elizabeth A

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

Blue Ridge Summit : , : University Press of America, , 2011

New York : , : Bloomsbury Publishing (US), , 2025

ISBN

0-7618-7589-1

0-7618-5388-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (134 p.)

Collana

Women in the Biblical World

Disciplina

220.6

Soggetti

Women in the Bible

Biblical Biography

Biblical Commentary

Biblical Criticism & Interpretation

Biblical Reference

Biblical Studies

Christian Education

Christian Life

Christian Theology

EDUCATION

History

New Testament

Old Testament

RELIGION

Sexuality & Gender Studies

Social Issues

Spirituality

Women's Issues

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

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.