LEADER 03153nam 2200601 450 001 9910817751803321 005 20230421053718.0 010 $a1-283-20005-8 010 $a9786613200051 010 $a0-567-49145-5 035 $a(CKB)2670000000106548 035 $a(EBL)742557 035 $a(OCoLC)745866083 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000522569 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11913745 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000522569 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10539400 035 $a(PQKB)11516336 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC742557 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL742557 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10869442 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL320005 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000106548 100 $a20140519h19951995 uy| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 02$aA feminist companion to Esther, Judith and Susanna /$fedited by Athalya Brenner 210 1$aSheffield, England :$cSheffield Academic Press,$d[1995] 210 4$dİ1995 215 $a1 online resource (337 p.) 225 1 $aThe feminist companion to the Bible ;$v7 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-85075-527-2 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references. 327 $aContents; 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 Story 327 $aPart 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; Bibliography 330 $aDo we confront in these three characters feminist heroines or patriarchally idealised stooges? From the worldly Esther to the piously devout Susanna via the militant widow, these female figures appear both as meticulously sculpted individuals and as metaphors for a Jewish Community under threat. The wealth of antiguity in these characters is exposed to a wide range of perceptions in this marvellous collection. 410 0$aFeminist companion to the Bible ;$v7. 606 $aWomen in the Bible 615 0$aWomen in the Bible. 676 $a222 676 $a222/.90682 702 $aBrenner-Idan$b Athalya 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910817751803321 996 $aA feminist companion to Esther, Judith and Susanna$93962480 997 $aUNINA