In the Arms of Biblical Women

John T. Greene, Mishael M. Caspi

• Publisher: Gorgias Press
• Year: 2013
• Edition: 1
• eBook ISBN:
  9781463235611
• Topic: Theology & Religion
• Subtopic: Biblical Studies

The less-discussed character in the Bible is the woman: two talking animals therein have sometimes received more page space. This volume shines the light of close scrutiny in the less-trodden direction and focuses on biblical and allied women, or on the feminine side of Creation. Biblical women are compared to mythical characters from the wider Middle East or from contemporary literature, and feminist/womanist perspectives are discussed alongside traditional and theological perspectives.

Table of contents

• TABLE OF CONTENTS
• ABBREVIATIONS
• PROLEGOMENON WITH SUDDEN PASSION, SUDDEN PAIN: IN THE ARMS OF THE BIBLICAL WOMEN
• CREATING EVE: FEMININE FERTILITY IN MEDIEVAL ISLAMIC NARRATIVES OF EVE AND ADAM
• HAGAR AS A BAD MOTHER, HAGAR AS AN ICON OF FAITH: THE HAGAR NARRATIVES FROM THE ISLAMIC AND THE CHRISTIAN TRADITIONS DISCUSSED AMONG MUSLIM AND CHRISTIAN WOMEN IN NORWAY
• THE BIBLICAL MATRIARCH SARAH AS CONCEIVED BY RABBI YA’AKOV KHULÍ IN HIS WORK ME’AM LO’EZ (1730)— A LADINO COMMENTARY ON THE BOOK OF GENESIS
• ON NAMING AND BLAMING: HAGAR’S GOD-TALK IN JEWISH AND EARLY CHRISTIAN SOURCES
• THE CONCUBINE OF GIBEAH: THE CASE FOR READING INTERTEXTUALLY
• CONVERT, PROSTITUTE, OR TRAITOR? RAHAB AS THE ANTI-MATRIARCH IN CONTEMPORARY BIBLICAL INTERPRETATIONS
• GUILTY PLEASURES: HEARING SUSANNA’S STORY INTONED BY LEONARD COHEN
• MOTHERS OF THE NATION AS POUNDS OF FLESH
• THAT’S WHAT SHE SAID: A “ONE-FLESH” DYNAMIC IN GENESIS 12–22
• DARING WOMEN
• JUDAH’S TAMAR THROUGH A PSYCHOLOGICAL LENS, THE TESTIMONY OF THE BIBLE AND QUR’AN
• VIRGINITY AS SAGACITY AND WISDOM
• WHY DIDN’T RUTH THE MOABITESS RAISE HER CHILD?1 “A SON IS BORN TO NAOMI” (RUTH 4:17)
• LILITH AND THE FUTURE OF BIBLICAL HUMANISM
• HANNAH’S SONG OF PRAISE AS PARADIGM FOR THE “CANTICLE OF THE VIRGIN” (MAGNIFICAT)