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Zusatztext A fascinating study of many of the most well-known women of the HB from a refreshing new perspective. Informationen zum Autor Melissa, a native of North Carolina, did her undergraduate study in journalism and business at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill. Veering from that course of study took her to Baptist Theological Seminary at Richmond (Virginia), where she obtained a Master of Divinity and was subsequently ordained as a Baptist minister. After working several years in the church, she returned to academia in Oxford, where she was awarded a Dphil in Theology (Old Testament). Melissa is currently back in Richmond at her alma mater, BTSR, teaching Old Testament studies. Klappentext This book explores the Hebrew Bible for evidence of comedy and further asks how reading the Hebrew Bible through a comic "lens" might positively inform feminist interpretation. The exploration is conducted with a number of Hebrew Bible narratives, all of which prominently involve female characters. Zusammenfassung This book explores the Hebrew Bible for evidence of comedy and further asks how reading the Hebrew Bible through a comic "lens" might positively inform feminist interpretation. The exploration is conducted with a number of Hebrew Bible narratives, all of which prominently involve female characters. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1: An introduction to comedy 2: Trickster matriarchs: Lot s daughters, Rebekah, Leah, Rachel, Tamar 3: Shiphrah and Puah, Moses mother, Moses sister, Pharaoh s daughter 4: Rahab 5: Deborah and Jael 6: Delilah 7: David s wives: Michal, Abigail, Bathsheba 8: Jezebel 9: Ruth 10: Esther 11: Conclusions: comedy and the Hebrew Bible 12: Conclusions: comedy, the Hebrew Bible, and feminist interpretation
