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Book SynopsisThis volume features the most current research in feminist biblical scholarship. This collection will whet the reader's appetite for cutting-edge research and encourage a closer look at key biblical passages that discuss women. New insights, greater depth of understanding, and greater appreciation for women in the Bible will inevitably result.
Trade ReviewThis anthology is unusual in that it contains essays on women in the biblical world that span both Old and New Testament perspectives. As such, it is a rare and welcome resource for courses that survey the roles and status of women as portrayed in the Christian Bible. -- Mary Ann Beavis, professor and head, Department of Religion and Culture, St. Thomas More College, The University of Saskatchewan; co-chair for Wo
This is a fine collection of essays that brings together some of the best contemporary thinking and scholarship on interpretation of key biblical passages about women from both Testaments. Each chapter reviews faithfully the scholarship on its subject and advances the thinking on it. This is an excellent way to update on some of the latest in feminist biblical scholarship. -- Carolyn Osiek, Charles Fischer Professor of New Testament, Brite Divinity School
She…presents a strong argument that prostatis should be understood in the context of leadership…. The diversity of this collection is a welcome feature. Articles span both testaments and cover topics that range from the much-discussed to lesser-traveled paths. The result is a volume that will have wide appeal at both scholarly and popular levels. * Catholic Biblical Quarterly *
Table of ContentsChapter 1 Foreword Chapter 2 Preface Chapter 3 Acknowledgments Chapter 4 About the Contributors Chapter 5 Abbreviations Chapter 6 1. Answers to Unresolved Questions: A Closer Look at Eve and Adam in Genesis 2-3 Chapter 7 2. A Biological Consideration for the Extended Period of Impurity after the Birth of a Daughter in Ancient Israel Chapter 8 3. Rahab in Rehab: Christian Interpretation of the Madame from Jericho Chapter 9 4. Achsah, the Raped Pîlege? , and the Book of Judges Chapter 10 5. You are a Bible Child: Exploring the Lives of Children and Mothers through the Elisha Cycle Chapter 11 6. Refusing the Syrophoenician Woman: The Disparate Perspectives of Jesus, Mark, and Feminist Critiques Chapter 12 7. Blessing the First Birth: A Feminist Critical Reading of Like 11:27-28 Chapter 13 8. A Reevaluation of Phoebe in Romans 16:1-2 as a Diakonos and Prostatis: Exposing the Inaccuracies of English Translations Chapter 14 9. Junia: Woman and Apostle Chapter 15 10. In Search of the Voice of Women in the Churches: Revisiting the Command to Silence Women in 1 Corinthians 14:34-35 Chapter 16 11. Bad Girls or Good Ascetics? The Gynaikaria of the Pastoral Epistles
