A feminist companion to Ruth / edited by Athalya Brenner.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Brenner-Idan, Athalya, editor.

Series:

Feminist companion to the Bible ; 3.

The feminist companion to the Bible ; 3

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Women in the Bible.

Bible. Old Testament--Feminist criticism.

Bible.

Ruth (Biblical figure).

Ruth.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (221 p.)

Place of Publication:

Sheffield, England : Sheffield Academic Press, [2001]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This volume is part of a series which provides a fundamental resource for feminist biblical scholarship, containing a comprehensive selection of essays, both reprinted and specially written for the series, by leading feminist scholars. 'An enterprising series of collections of important and pioneering studies.... Those teaching feminist courses will find the books invaluable as a resource for students.' C.S. Rodd, Expository Times.

Contents:

Contents; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; Introduction; Part I: GENDERED READING PERSPECTIVES; The Book of Ruth; Ruth: The Discourse of Power and the Power of Discourse; Heroism and Proper Names, Or the Fruits of Analogy; Naomi and Ruth; Returning Home: Ruth 1.8 and the Gendering of the Book of Ruth; Part II: GENDERED AUTHORSHIP?; Female Companionships: If the Book of Ruth were Written by a Woman...; Ruth: A Product of Women's Culture?; Naomi and Ruth: Further Reflections; Part III: ON SOME ANCIENT COMMENTS; A Thematic Approach to Ruth in Rabbinic Literature

Ruth according to Ephrem the SyrianPart IV: COMMENTS IN ART; Ruth and the Women of Bethlehem; Ruth; Bibliography

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed May 19, 2014).

ISBN:

1-283-19699-9

9786613196996

0-567-34826-1

OCLC:

741690736