Women in the Hebrew Bible presents the first one-volume overview covering the interpretation of women's place in man's world within the Hebrew Bible or Old Testament. Written by the major scholars in the field of biblical studies and literary theory, these essays examine attitudes toward women and their status in ancient Near Eastern societies, focusing on the Israelite society portrayed by the Hebrew Bible.
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Bach (religious studies, Stanford Univ.), author of Women, Seduction, and Betrayal in Biblical Narrative (Cambridge Univ., 1997), has compiled a fascinating collection of nearly 40 essays on attitudes toward women and their status in early biblical times. Top scholars in the field?Esther Fuchs, Susan Ackerman, Howard Eilberg-Schwartz, Bach herself, and many others?analyze the lives and roles of the "wives" (Sarah, Rebekah, Leah), the "Good Girls" (Ruth, Esther, Judith), the "Bad Girls" (Eve, Delilah, Bathsheba, Jezebel), the "Sad Girls" (Lot's daughters, Dinah), the "Women Warriors" (Miriam, Deborah), the "Amazing Women" (the Medium of Endor, the Wise Women of Tekoa, the Playmate of God), and the ordinary women in extraordinary and revelatory depth. Included are extensive notes and bibliographies, though, alas, no index or author credits. Students and scholars in the fields of Hebrew studies, biblical history, and feminism will revel in the complex insights here, though general readers may have trouble. Highly recommended for special collections.?Marcia G. Welsh, Guilford Free Lib., CT
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Bach has compiled a fascinating collection of nearly 40 essays on attitudes toward women and their status in early biblical times....Highly recommended for special collections.
–Library Journal, 1/1/1999
The scope and breadth, the range and diversity of the set of articles offers great access both to the feminist project of the late twentieth century and to Hebrew biblical study.
–Hebrew Studies
Alice Bach has gathered an excellent collection of essays in the field. This reader is a 'must' for anyone taking courses in Biblical Studies.
–Elisabeth Schussler Fiorenza, Harvard Divinity School
The emergence of feminist biblical criticism is one of the most exciting and provocative developments in modern biblical scholarship, and Alice Bach is one of the leaders in the field. Her new anthology serves as both an excellent introduction and a fine survey of the state of the art. I recommend it highly to all biblical scholars, and to general readers with an interest in some of the most important biblical criticism of our time.
–Alan Cooper, Jewish Theological Seminary of America --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.
–Library Journal, 1/1/1999
The scope and breadth, the range and diversity of the set of articles offers great access both to the feminist project of the late twentieth century and to Hebrew biblical study.
–Hebrew Studies
Alice Bach has gathered an excellent collection of essays in the field. This reader is a 'must' for anyone taking courses in Biblical Studies.
–Elisabeth Schussler Fiorenza, Harvard Divinity School
The emergence of feminist biblical criticism is one of the most exciting and provocative developments in modern biblical scholarship, and Alice Bach is one of the leaders in the field. Her new anthology serves as both an excellent introduction and a fine survey of the state of the art. I recommend it highly to all biblical scholars, and to general readers with an interest in some of the most important biblical criticism of our time.
–Alan Cooper, Jewish Theological Seminary of America --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.
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For too long educators have complained that they do not have the materials to teach courses on women in the Bible, particularly the Old Testament. At long last, Bach has filled the void with a collection that appeals to both educators and the general public. It will be a long time before this volume will outdone.
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heifer from thy stable, central cultus, narrative condensation, repetitive resumption, women with disabilities, votive model, suspected adulteress, priestly writings, abominable image, biblical narrator, patriarchal wisdom, disabled body, priestly community, cultic role, cultic service, social presupposition, literary characterization, cultic personnel, phallic economy, conjugal infidelity, guilty woman Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
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Despite the timeliness of the question posed in the title of this essay, it is not a new one in the history of Old Testament scholarship. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
heifer from thy stable, central cultus, narrative condensation, repetitive resumption, women with disabilities, votive model, suspected adulteress, priestly writings, abominable image, biblical narrator, patriarchal wisdom, disabled body, priestly community, cultic role, cultic service, social presupposition, literary characterization, cultic personnel, phallic economy, conjugal infidelity, guilty woman Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New York, Old Testament, Hebrew Bible, Near Eastern, Garden City, Scholars Press, Lethal Love, Indiana University Press, Mieke Bal, Robert Alter, San Francisco, Phyllis Trible, Fortress Press, Human Comedy, Rhetoric of Sexuality, Song of Songs, Discovering Eve, Cornell University Press, Johns Hopkins University Press, New Haven, Cambridge University Press, Feminist Companion, King David, Oxford University Press, Basic Books New!
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- God and Rhetoric of Sexuality (Overtures to Biblical Theology) by Phyllis Trible on 9 pages
- The Art Of Biblical Narrative by Robert Alter on 7 pages
- Gender and Difference in Ancient Israel by Peggy L. Day on 7 pages
- Feminist Interpretation of the Bible by Letty M. Russell on 7 pages
- Murder and Difference: Gender, Genre, and Scholarship on Sisera's Death (Indiana Studies in Biblical Literature) by Mieke Bal on 5 pages
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- Her Master's Tools?: Feminist And Postcolonial Engagements of Historical-Critical Discourse (Global Perspectives on Biblical Scholarship) by et al Caroline Vander Stichele (Editor) on 7 pages
- Reconstructing Old Testament Theology: After the Collapse of History (Overtures to Biblical Theology) by Leo G. Perdue on 4 pages
- The Bible After Babel: Historical Criticism in a Postmodern Age by John J. Collins on page 80, Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Scripture on the Silver Screen by Adele Reinhartz in Back Matter (1), Back Matter (2), and Back Matter (3)
- Preaching the Women of the Bible by Lisa Wilson Davison on page 11, and Back Matter
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