Exodus to Deuteronomy : a feminist companion to the Bible (second series) / edited by Athalya Brenner.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Brenner-Idan, Athalya, editor.

Series:

Feminist companion to the Bible ; 2nd ser., 5.

The feminist companion to the Bible (second series) ; 5

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Bible. Exodus--Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Bible.

Bible. Deuteronomy--Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Bible. Old Testament--Feminist criticism.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (221 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Sheffield, England : Sheffield Academic Press, [2000]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The studies in this collection, reflecting recent developments in feminist exegesis in Europe and the United States, comprise three 'revisits': the first, to Exodus and Moses, includes Susanne Scholz on a literary feminist reading of Exodus, Harold Washington on Exodus and Zora Neale Hurston's 'Moses, Man of the Mountain', Ilona Rashkow on 'Oedipus Wreckes: Moses and God's Rod', and 'Divine Puppeteer: Yahweh of Exodus' by Cheryl Kirk-Duggan. The second revisit, to Miriam, comprises 'Miriam' by Phyllis Silverman Kramer, 'Miriam Re-Imagined, and Imaginary Women of Exodus in Musical Settings' by

Contents:

Contents; Abbreviations; List of Contributors; Introduction; PartI: FIRST REVISIT: EXODUS AND MOSES; The Complexities of 'His' Liberation Talk: A Literary Feminist Reading of the Book of Exodus; Signifying on Exodus: Reading Race and Culture in Zora Neale Hurston's Moses, Man of the Mountain; Oedipus Wrecks: Moses and God's Rod; Divine Puppeteer: Yahweh of Exodus; Part II: SECOND REVISIT: MIRIAM; Miriam; Miriam Re-Imagined, and Imaginary Women of Exodus in Musical Settings; Dreaming of Miriam's Well; The Authority of Miriam: A Feminist Rereading of Numbers 12 Prompted by Jewish Interpretation

Part III: THIRD REVISIT: DAUGHTERSThe Daughters of Zelophehad and Women's Inheritance: The Biblical Injunction and Its Outcome; Serah and the Exodus: A Midrashic Miracle; Bibliography; Index of References; Index of Authors; F; L; W; Y; Z

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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

ISBN:

9786613197450

9780567358400

0567358402

9781283197458

1283197456

9780567398758

0567398757

OCLC:

745979218