Women of war, women of woe : Joshua and Judges through the eyes of nineteenth-century female biblical interpreters / edited by Marion Ann Taylor and Christiana de Groot.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Taylor, Marion Ann, editor.

De Groot, Christiana, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Bible. Joshua--Feminist criticism--History--19th century.

Bible.

Bible. Judges--Feminist criticism--History--19th century.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (258 pages)

Place of Publication:

Grand Rapids, Michigan : William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, 2016.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The stories of such women as Rahab, Deborah, Jael, Delilah, Jephthah's daughter, and the Levite's concubine raised thorny questions for nineteenth-century female biblical interpreters. Could a Victorian woman use her intelligence to negotiate like Rahab? Was the seemingly well-educated Deborah an appropriate role model? Or did Jephthah's daughter more correctly model a pious woman's life as she submitted to her father's vow? This unique volume gathers select writings by thirty-five nineteenth-century women on the stories of several women in Joshua and Judges. Recovering and analyzing neglected works from Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Harriet Beecher Stowe, and many others, Women of War, Women of Woe illuminates the biblical text, recovers a neglected chapter of reception history, and helps us understand and apply Scripture in our present context.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781467445474

1467445479