03182nam 2200613 450 991046158110332120200520144314.01-283-20005-897866132000510-567-49145-5(CKB)2670000000106548(EBL)742557(OCoLC)745866083(SSID)ssj0000522569(PQKBManifestationID)11913745(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000522569(PQKBWorkID)10539400(PQKB)11516336(MiAaPQ)EBC742557(Au-PeEL)EBL742557(CaPaEBR)ebr10869442(CaONFJC)MIL320005(EXLCZ)99267000000010654820140519h19951995 uy| 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrA feminist companion to Esther, Judith and Susanna /edited by Athalya BrennerSheffield, England :Sheffield Academic Press,[1995]©19951 online resource (337 p.)The feminist companion to the Bible ;7Description based upon print version of record.1-85075-527-2 Includes bibliographical references.Contents; Abbreviations; Introduction; Part I: ESTHER: WHEN GENDER POLITICS REPRESENT POWER POLITICS; Esther: Folklore, Wisdom, Feminism and Authority; An Oriental Beauty Parlour: An Analysis of Esther 2.8-18 in the Hebrew, the Septuagint and the Second Greek Text; Looking at Esther through the Looking Glass; Mirror, Mirror in the Text: Reflections on Reading and Rereading; Tracing Esther's Beginnings; Esther: The Incomplete Emancipation of a Queen; Esther and the Queen's Throne; Honor and Shame in Esther; Esther Revisited: An Aggadic Approach; Esther's StoryPart II: JUDITH: ON POWER, LEADERSHIP AND KNOWLEDGESacrifice and Salvation: Otherness and Domestication in the Book of Judith; Judith as Alternative Leader: A Rereading of Judith 7-13; Head Hunting: 'Judith' on the Cutting Edge of Knowledge; Part III: SUSANNA: THE READER'S POWER/KNOWLEDGE- ON VIEWING A JEWISH WOMAN/COMMUNITY; The Accused: Susanna and her Readers; 'Hemmed in on Every Side': Jews and Women in the Book of Susanna; BibliographyDo we confront in these three characters feminist heroines or patriarchally idealised stooges? From the worldly Esther to the piously devout Susanna via the militant widow, these female figures appear both as meticulously sculpted individuals and as metaphors for a Jewish Community under threat. The wealth of antiguity in these characters is exposed to a wide range of perceptions in this marvellous collection.Feminist companion to the Bible ;7.Women in the BibleElectronic books.Women in the Bible.222222/.90682Brenner AthalyaMiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910461581103321A feminist companion to Esther, Judith and Susanna2043021UNINA