A feminist companion to Samuel and Kings. (1994)

• Record Type: Book
• Other Titles: Samuel and Kings
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Athalya Brenner.
• Other Names: Brenner, Athalya; Shargent, Karla G
• Contents: Living on the edge : the liminality of daughters in Genesis to 2 Samuel / Karla G. Shargent -- Anonymous women and the collapse of the monarchy : a study in narrative technique / Adele Reinhartz -- "Am I not more devoted to you than ten sons?" (1 Samuel 1.8) : male and female interpretations / Yairah Amit -- Hannah : marginalized victim and social redeemer / Lillian R. Klein -- Hannah and her sacrifice : reclaiming female agency / Carol Meyers -- The pleasure of her text / Alice Bach -- King David and "his" women : biblical stories and talmudic discussions / Shulamit Valler -- The bearing of wisdom on the shape of 2 Samuel 11-12 and 1 Kings 3 ; A response to "The bearing of wisdom" / Carole R. Fontaine -- The status and right of the g[superscript e]bîrâ / Zafrira Ben-Barak -- The queen mother in the Judaean royal court : Maacah, a case study / Ktziah Spanier -- Jezebel re-vamped / Tina Pippin -- Toward a "female" reading of the Elijah cycle : ideology and gender in the interpretation of 1 Kings 17-19, 21 and 2 Kings 1-2.18 / Jan Tarlin -- The great woman of Shunem and the man of God : a dual interpretation of 2 Kings 4.8-37 / Fokkelien van Dijk-Hemmes -- Huldah the prophet : of Yahweh or Asherah? / Diana Edelman -- Out from the shadows : biblical women in the post-exilic era / Tamara C. Eskenazi.
• Publisher Details: Sheffield, England : Sheffield Academic Press
• Publication Date: 1994
• Extent: 1 online resource (287 pages)
• Subjects: 222.406; Bible and feminism; RELIGION -- Biblical Studies -- Old Testament; Bible and feminism; Feministische Theologie; Exegese; Judentum; Samuël (bijbelboeken); Koningen (bijbelboeken); Frau; Electronic books; Criticism, interpretation, etc
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9780567231550; 0567231550; 1283195305; 9781283195300
• Related ISBNs: 1850754802; 9781850754800
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 272-287).; Note: Print version record.
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