A Feminist Companion to Tobit and Judith

A Feminist Companion to Tobit and Judith extends the work of the hugely influential and respected Feminist Companion series, which continues to set the standard for feminist approaches to the Hebrew Bible and related texts. In the present volume Athalya Brenner-Idan (with Helen Efthimiadis-Keith) draws together a range of scholarly commentators and addresses the core issues relating to feminist interpretations of the two texts at hand. The volume examines attitudes to gender, identities, exile, social mores, beliefs, clothing, food and drink, personal relationships, and biblical reception. The contributors are: Beverly Bow and George Nickelsburg, Athalya Brenner-Idan, Ora Brison, Helen Efthimiadis-Keith, Renate Egger-Wenzel, Beate Ego, Emma England, Jennifer Glancy, Jan Willem van Henten, Naomi Jacobs, Amy-Jill Levine, Pamela Milne, and Barbara Schmitz.>

About the author

Athalya Brenner-Idan is Professor Emerita of Hebrew Bible at the University of Amsterdam, the Netherlands, and is now Professor in Biblical Studies at the University of Tel Aviv, Israel.

Helen Efthimiadis-Keith teaches Hebrew Bible at the University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.

Product details

• Authors: Dummy Author, Athalya Brenner-Idan, Athalya (University of Amsterdam Brenner-Idan, Athalya Efthimiadis-Keith Brenner-Idan, Helen Efthimiadis-Keith
• Assisted by: Athalya Brenner-Idan (Editor), Athalya (University of Amsterdam Brenner-Idan (Editor), Helen Efthimiadis-Keith (Editor), Helen (University of Kwazulu-Natal Efthimiadis-Keith (Editor)
• Publisher: T. & T. Clark Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.10.2015
• EAN: 9780567656001
• ISBN: 978-0-567-65600-1
• No. of pages: 304
• Series: Feminist Companion to the Bibl; Feminist Companion to the Bible; Feminist Companion to the Bible (Second ) series; Criminal Practice Series; Feminist Companion to the Bibl; Feminist Companion to the Bible (Second ) series
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Christianity; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Social structure research