Women in the Biblical World - A Survey of Old and New Testament Perspectives

Informationen zum Autor Elizabeth A. McCabe earned an M.A. in Biblical Studies at Cincinnati Christian University with a dual concentration in Old Testament and New Testament. She is the editor of Volume 1 of Women in the Biblical World: A Survey of Old and New Testament Perspectives, as well as the author of An Examination of the Isis Cult with Preliminary Exploration into New Testament Studies. Klappentext 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. Zusammenfassung 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. Inhaltsverzeichnis 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

Product details

• Authors: Elizabeth Mccabe, Elizabeth A. (EDT) McCabe
• Assisted by: Elizabeth A McCabe (Editor), Elizabeth A. McCabe (Editor), McCabe Elizabeth A. (Editor)
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 07.07.2011
• EAN: 9780761853879
• ISBN: 978-0-7618-5387-9
• No. of pages: 111
• Dimensions: 159 mm x 235 mm x 13 mm
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Christianity; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Religion: general, reference works; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Women's Studies, RELIGION / Christianity / General, RELIGION / Biblical Studies / General, RELIGION / Sexuality & Gender Studies, Christianity, Gender studies: women, Gender studies: women and girls, Criticism and exegesis of sacred texts, Biblical Studies & Exegesis, Biblical Literature;Religion