Women in the biblical tradition / edited by George J. Brooke.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Brooke, George J.

Series:

Studies in women and religion ; v. 31.

Studies in women and religion ; v. 31

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Bible--Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Bible.

Women in the Bible.

Physical Description:

294 pages ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Lewiston, N.Y. : E. Mellen Press, [1992]

Contents:

Canaanite goddesses in the Old Testament / Adrian H.W. Curtis

The story of Tamar : a power-filled challenge to the structures of power / Carol Smith

Women and the inheritance of land in early Israel / S. Joy Osgood

Michal,

and what Bathsheba said : notes towards a really inclusive translation of the Bible / Gerald Hammond

A father's anxieties (Sirach 42:9-11) / Roger Tomes

Susanna and paradise regained / George J. Brooke

Feminine wisdom in Q? / +

Tuckett

The woman from Syrophoenicia, and her doggedness : Mark 7:24-31 (Matthew 15:21-28) / F. Gerald Downing

Women, silence and fear (Mark 16:8) / Mary Cotes

Sisters in adversity : retelling Martha's story / Loveday Alexander +

reader of the parables of the lost / Susan Durber

John 4:27 : Women (and men) in the Gospel and community of John / Martinus C. de Boer

Mary of Clopas (John 19:25) / Richard Bauckham

Creation, redemption and sexuality in 1 +

Notes:

Papers presented to the Ehrhardt Seminar, University of Manchester, between October 1990 and December 1991.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

ISBN:

077349216X

OCLC:

27012576