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Zusatztext An international treasure trove of articles some first published twenty years ago are here coupled with previously published essays and new essays on Judith and Tobit. What is being suggested here is programmatic counsel about radical, transformative, phase-shift change in our understanding of biblical studies. When Judith says, “let us set an example for the people” (Jdt 8:24) to the magistrates of Bethulia, they don’t get it, but perhaps we can. Patriarchy still exists, but along side it something new is emerging—a network of shared agency and identity (heterarchy). This book is highly recommended for classes on Tobit and Judith or methodology. Informationen zum Autor Athalya Brenner-Idan is Professor Emerita of the HB\OT Chair at the Universiteit van Amsterdam, The Netherlands; and currently Professor in Biblical Studies at the Department of Hebrew Culture Studies, Tel Aviv University, Israel, and Research Associate at the Biblia Arabica Project there. In addition, she is Extraordinary Professor at the Department of OT/NT, Faculty of Theology, Stellenbosch University, South Africa. Her website is http://athalya-morah-letorah.com. Helen Efthiamidis-Keith teaches in the School of Theology and Religion at the University of Kwazulu-Natal, South Africa. Klappentext 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. Vorwort A comprehensive guide and introduction to the feminist interpretation of three core biblical texts. Zusammenfassung 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. Inhaltsverzeichnis Table of ContentsAbbreviationsATHALYA BRENNER-IDAN (University of Amsterdam, the Netherlands)IntroductionPart ITOBIT: ON RELIGIOUS IDENTITY, GENDER AND FOOD1. Redrawing the Boundaries: A New Look at ‘Diaspora as Metaphor: Bodies and Boundaries in the Book of Tobit’AMY-JILL LEVINE (Vanderbilt University Divinity School, USA) 2. Jewish self-Awareness, Religious Identity and Acts of Resistance in the Book of TobitRENATE EGGER-WENZEL (University of Salzburg, Austria)3. Patriarchy with a Twist: Men and Women in TobitBEVERLY BOW (Cleveland State University, USA) AND GEORGE W. E. NICKELSBURG, (University of Iowa, USA)3a. Does the ‘Twist’ point to Heterarchy? A Response to Bow and NickelsburgATHALYA BRENNER-IDAN4. The Banishment...
