Women in the biblical world : a survey of Old and New Testament perspectives / edited by Elizabeth A. McCabe.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

McCabe, Elizabeth A.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Women in the Bible.

Women in Judaism.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (189 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Lanham, Md. : University Press of America, c2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This 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.

Contents:

Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication Page; Table of Contents; Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; About the Contributors; 1: Answers to Unresolved Questions: A Closer Look at Eve and Adam in Genesis 2-3; 2: A Biological Consideration for the Extended Period of Impurity after the Birth of a Daughter in Ancient Israel; 3: Rahab in Rehab: Christian Interpretation of the Madame from Jericho; 4: Achsah, the Raped Pîlegeš, and the Book of Judges; 5: You are a Bible Child: Exploring the Lives of Children and Mothers through the Elisha Cycle

6: Refusing the Syrophoenician Woman: The Disparate Perspectives of Jesus, Mark, and Feminist Critiques7: Blessing the First Birth: A Feminist Critical Reading of Luke 11:27-28; 8: A Reevaluation of Phoebe in Romans 16:1-2 as a Diakonos and Prostatis: Exposing the Inaccuracies of English Translations; 9: Junia: Woman and Apostle; 10: In Search of the Voice of Women in the Churches: Revisiting the Command to Silence Women in 1 Corinthians 14:34-35; 11: Bad Girls or Good Ascetics? The Gynaikaria of the Pastoral Epistles

Notes:

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Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

0-7618-7956-0

0-7618-4678-6

OCLC:

854970480