Women in the Biblical World

A Survey of Old and New Testament Perspectives

Edited by Elizabeth A. McCabe

Not available to order

Publication date:

15 March 2011

Length of book:

134 pages

Publisher

UPA

ISBN-13: 9780761853886

Volume 2 of Women in the Biblical World: A Survey of Old and New Testament Perspectives encompasses the latest research in feminist biblical scholarship. New angles of interpretation and fresh perspectives regarding often overlooked biblical women will be gained from the pages of this volume. This volume focuses on such women as Tamar, Deborah, Manoah's wife, Queen Vashti, and Job's wife. Attention is also given to socio-historical backgrounds lurking behind the biblical text (such as women in Greco-Roman education and syncretism in Ephesus), demonstrating how these backgrounds directly influenced the writings about women. Some emphasis on contemporary application is also stressed regarding problematic passages, such as 1 Corinthians 11:2-16. This multi-faceted approach to women in the Bible will prove to be invigorating, refreshing, and enlightening for all to read.

Chapter 1 Foreword
Chapter 2 Preface
Chapter 3 Acknowledgements
Chapter 4 About the Contributors
Chapter 5 Abbreviations
Chapter 6 A Liberating Look at Tamar in Genesis 38
Chapter 7 Who Is Interpreting the Text? A Feminist Jewish Hermeneutic of Deborah
Chapter 8 Manoah's Wife: Gender Inversion in a Patriarchal Birth Narrative
Chapter 9 Defending Queen Vashti in Esther 1:10-12: What Her Attorney Might Say
Chapter 10 A Clever Twist to a Classic Tale: A Fresh Perspective on Job's Wife in Job 2:9
Chapter 11 Hat or Hair in 1 Corinthians 11:2-16 or Does It Matter? What Are Christian Women to Do?
Chapter 12 Women in Greco-Roman Education and Its Implications for 1 Corinthians 14 and 1 Timothy 2
Chapter 13 Prayer and Syncretism in 1 Timothy

There are few matters that, historically, have been overlooked as much as women's roles in the Bible. Volume 2 of Women in the Biblical World is therefore welcome, as its contributors bring hermeneutical and socio-historical perspectives to bear upon the biblical texts in manners that illuminate familiar stories and traditions in stimulating ways. This book will be essential reading for all interested in how the biblical text portrays women and what [this] means for contemporary society.