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Women in the biblical world : a survey of old and new testament perspectives. vol. 2 / edited by Elizabeth A. McCabe. - Plymouth, U.K. ; Lanham, Md. : University Press of America, ©2011. - 1 online resource (xxii, 111 pages)

Includes bibliographical references.

Foreword / William L. Lyons -- A liberating look at Tamar in Genesis 38 / Nathan E. Rutenbeck -- Who is interpreting the text? : a feminist Jewish hermeneutic of Deborah / Tammi J. Schneider -- Manoah's wife : gender inversion in a patriarchal birth narrative / Rob Fleenor -- Defending Queen Vashti in Esther 1:10-12 : what her attorney might say / Elizabeth A. McCabe -- A clever twist to a classic tale : a fresh perspective on Job's wife in Job 2:9 / Caitlin Norton -- Hat or hair in 1 Corinthians 11:2-16 or does it matter? : what are Christian women to do? / William R. Baker -- Women in Greco-Roman education and its implications for 1 Corinthians 14 and 1 Timothy 2 / James Riley Estep, Jr. -- Prayer and syncretism in 1 Timothy / Frank Ritchel Ames, J. David Miller.

This book 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, which focuses on such women as Tamar, Deborah, Manoah's wife, Queen Vashti, and Job's wife.

ISBN: 076185388X 9780761853886

Subjects--Uniform Titles:
Bible--Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Bible--Critique, interprétation, etc.
Bible

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Women in the Bible.
Femmes dans la Bible.
RELIGION--Biblical Biography--General.
Women in the Bible

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Criticism, interpretation, etc.

LC Class. No.: BS575 / .W662 2011

Dewey Class. No.: 220.9/2082