03791nam 2200553 450 991082436750332120230607210141.00-567-36025-3(CKB)3710000000113175(EBL)1749121(MiAaPQ)EBC1749121(Au-PeEL)EBL1749121(CaONFJC)MIL615564(OCoLC)893331137(EXLCZ)99371000000011317520181005d2002 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierThe lost coin parables of women, work, and wisdom /edited by Mary Ann BeavisLondon ;New York :Sheffield Academic Press,[2002]©20021 online resource (345 p.)The biblical seminar ;86Description based upon print version of record.1-84127-313-9 Includes bibliographical references (pages [313]-327) and indexes.Cover; Contents; Abbreviations; List of Contributors; Foreword; Introduction: Seeking the ''Lost Coin'' of Parables about Women; I: ''LOST'' PARABLES OF WOMEN; ''Swept Under the Rug'': Feminist Homiletical Reflections on the Parable of the Lost Coin (Lk. 15.8-9); Joy in Heaven, Sorrow on Earth: Luke 15.10; Proclaiming the Parable of the Persistent Widow (Lk. 18.2-5); Opening the Closed Door: A Feminist Rereading of the ''Wise and Foolish Virgins'' (Mt. 25.1-13); ''Making Up Stories'': A Feminist Reading of the Parable of the Prodigal Son (Lk. 15.1 lb-32); II: PARABLES OF WOMEN''S WORKPatched Garments and Ruined Wine: Whose Folly? (Mk 2.21-22 Mt. 9.16-17; Lk. 5.36-37); ''Women''s Work in the Realm of God'' (Mt. 13.33; Lk. 13.20, 21; Gos. Thom. 96; Mt. 6.28-30; Lk. 12.27-28; Gos. Thom. 36); The Woman Carrying a Jar of Meal (Gos. Thom. 97); The Language of Mother Work in the Gospel of Thomas: Keeping Momma out of the Kingdom (Gos. Thom. 22); Who Is the Faithful Steward? Luke 12.41-45; III: JOHANNINE METAPHORS OF MOTHER AND BRIDE; The (Pro)creative Parables of Labour and Childbirth (Jn 3.1-10 and 16.21-22); The ''Bride'' in John 3.29: A Feminist RereadingIV: PARABLES OF WISDOM/SOPHIAJesus/Holy Mother Wisdom (Mt. 23.37-39); The Enigma of the Yoke: Declining in Parables (Mt. 11.28-30); Wisdom''s Children Justified (Mt. 11.16-19; Lk. 7.31-35); V: FINDING PARABLE; Gathering: A Mythic Parable; Bibliography; Index of References; Index of Authors; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; V; W; ZA collection of feminist interpretations of parables about women and women''s work. This volume not only fills a gap in the scholarly literature on parables, but brings to life vignettes from ancient Mediterranean women''s lives and offer insights into the place of women in the ministry of Jesus, the early church, and Christian theology. It is a rich resource for scholarship, teaching and preaching.Contributors include the editor, Elisabeth Schnssler Fiorenza, Linda Maloney, Kathleen Nash, Pheme Perkins, Barbara Reid, Kathleen Rushton, Holly Hearon, and Adele Reinhartz. Topics include feministBiblical seminar ;86.Women in the BibleWorkBiblical teachingWisdom (Biblical personification)Feminist criticismWomen in the Bible.WorkBiblical teaching.Wisdom (Biblical personification)Feminist criticism.226.8/06/082Beavis Mary AnnMiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910824367503321The lost coin4014313UNINA