Feminist Biblical Interpretation

A Compendium of Critical Commentary on the Books of the Bible and Related Literature

Martin Rumscheidt, Luise Schottroff, Marie-Theres Wacker, Luise Schottroff, Marie-Theres Wacker

• Publisher: Eerdmans
• Year: 2012
• Print ISBN: 9780802860972
• eBook ISBN: 9781467436489
• Topic: Theology & Religion
• Subtopic: Biblical Commentary

The original German edition of Feminist Biblical Interpretation received high acclaim and widespread positive reviews in Europe. That groundbreaking reference tool for contextual biblical interpretation is here available in English for the first time. With contributions from more than sixty female scholars, this is the only one-volume feminist commentary on the entire Bible, including books that are relatively uncharted territory for feminist theology.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Title Page
• Copyright
• Contents
• Preface of the Editors to the First German Edition
• Preface of the Editors to the Second German Edition
• Editors’ Preface to the American Edition
• Preface by the Editor of the English Language Edition
• Genesis 1–11: The Primordial History—Helen Schüngel-Straumann
• Genesis 12–50: The Story of Israel’s Origins as a Women’s Story—Irmtraud Fischer
• Exodus: The Meaning of Liberation from “His” Perspective—Susanne Scholz
• Leviticus: The ABC of Creation—Gerburgis Feld
• Numbers: On Boundaries—Ursula Rapp
• Deuteronomy: Rights and Justice for Women in the Law—Angelika Engelmann
• Joshua: Tradition and Justice — Women’s Share in the Inheritance—Kerstin Ulrich
• Judges: Encoded Messages to Women—J. Cheryl Exum
• Ruth: Border Crossings of Two Women in Patriarchal Society—Ina Johanne Petermann (Batmartha)
• Books of Samuel: Women at the Center of Israel’s History—Ilse Müllner
• Books of Kings: Images of Women without Women’s Reality—Kyung Sook Lee
• Books of Chronicles: In the Vestibule of Women—Marie-Theres Wacker
• Ezra and Nehemiah: The Return of the Others—Christiane Karrer-Grube
• Esther: About Resistance against Anti-Semitism and Sexism—Klara Butting
• Job: Questioning the Book of the Righteous Sufferer—Christl Maier and Silvia Schroer
• The Psalms: “Who Is Speaking May Be All That Matters”—Ulrike Bail
• Proverbs: How Feminine Wisdom Comes into Being—Christl Maier
• Qoheleth (Ecclesiastes): Man Alone, without Woman—Kumiko Kato
• Song of Songs: Polyphony of Love—Athalya Brenner
• Isaiah: The Book of Female Metaphors—Irmtraud Fischer
• Jeremiah: When Wise Wailing Women and Prophetic Pornography Show the Way into Exile—Angela Bauer-Levesque
• Lamentations: Zion’s Cry in Affliction—Maria Häusl
• Ezekiel: Male Prophecy with Female Imagery—Renate Jost and Elke Seifert
• Daniel: Not Counting Women and Children—Ilse von Loewenclau
• Hosea: The God-Identified Man and the Woman (Women) Israel—Marie-Theres Wacker
• Joel: God’s Self-Justification—Marie-Theres Wacker
• Amos: The Truth Is Concrete—Marie-Theres Wacker
• Obadiah: Brother Edom—Marie-Theres Wacker
• Jonah: The Jonah Experience — for Women Too?—Maria Kassel
• Micah: Call for Justice — Hope for All—Sophia Bietenhard
• Nahum: The Just God as Sexual Predator—Gerlinde Baumann
• Habakkuk: A Political Night-Prayer—Ulrike Bail
• Zephaniah; or, The Threefold Jerusalem—Ulrike Bail
• Haggai and Zechariah: A New Temple — New Life for All—Beate Schmidtgen
• Malachi: To the Glory of God, the Father?—Marie-Theres Wacker
• 1 Maccabees: Women’s Existence at the Edges of the Text—Claudia Rakel
• 2 Maccabees: The Teaching of History—Christine Gerber
• Tobit: A Lesson on Marriage and Family in the Diaspora—Helen Schüngel-Straumann
• Judith: About a Beauty Who Is Not What She Pretends to Be—Claudia Rakel
• Baruch: Mail from Distant Shores—Marie-Theres Wacker
• Sirach (Ecclesiasticus): On the Difficult Relation between Divine Wisdom and Real Women in an Androcentric Document—Angelika Strotmann
• Wisdom: An Example of Jewish Intercultural Theology—Silvia Schroer
• 4 Ezra: On the Struggle for New Life, the Time That Is Being Fulfilled, and the Transformation of the Earth (2 Esdras 3–14)—Luzia Sutter Rehmann
• Joseph and Aseneth: Perfect Bride or Heavenly Prophetess—Angela Standhartinger
• Testament of Job: Job, Dinah, and Their Daughters—Luzia Sutter Rehmann
• Testaments of the Twelve Patriarchs: How Men Use Power—Renate Kirchhoff
• Gospel of Matthew: Jewish-Christian Churches in Opposition to the Pax Romana—Martina S. Gnadt
• Gospel of Mark: Women as True Disciples of Jesus—Monika Fander
• Gospel of Luke: The Humbled Will Be Lifted Up—Claudia Janssen and Regene Lamb
• Gospel of John: Spaces for Women—Ruth Habermann
• Acts of the Apostles: Looking Forward and Looking Back—Ivoni Richter Reimer
• Romans: A Feminist Reading—Elsa Tamez
• 1 Corinthians: How Freedom Comes to Be—Luise Schottroff
• 2 Corinthians: Sacrificing Difference for Unity—Caroline Vander Stichele
• Galatians: On Discomfort about Gender and Other Problems of Otherness—Brigitte Kahl
• Ephesians: Community Spirit and Conservative Values as Survival Strategies in the Churches of Asia Minor—Helga Melzer-Keller
• Philippians: Lifting Up Those Who Have Been Put Down—Sheila Briggs
• Colossians: The Origin of the Table of Household Duties—Angela Standhartiger
• 1 Thessalonians: Opposing Death by Building Community—Jutta Bickmann
• 2 Thessalonians: Hope in God’s Just Judgment—Marlene Crüsemann
• Pastoral Epistles: A Tamed Paul — Domesticated Women—Ulrike Wagener
• Philemon: A Reading under Apphia’s Critical Eyes—Sabine Bieberstein
• Hebrews: Strangers in the World—Ulrike Wagener
• James: Conflict about the Way of Justice—Irene Dannemann
• 1 Peter: Survival Strategies for Harried Communities—Irene Foulkes
• 2 Peter: Guideposts for the Godly Life—Irene Foulkes
• Letters of John—Kerstin Ruoff
• Jude: The Implications of Feminist Reading—Ruth Anne Reese
• Revelation: Inspirations from Patmos—Luzia Sutter Rehmann
• The Story of Thecla: Apostle between Fiction and Reality—Anne Jensen
• Acts of Xanthippe, Polyxena, and Rebecca; or, Three Women and Two Lionesses—Irene Dannemann
• Gospel of Mary: Mary Magdalene as Beloved Disciple and Representative of Jesus—Judith Hartenstein and Silke Petersen
• Gospel of Thomas: Early Christian Traditions about Women Disciples of Jesus; or, Mary Magdalene Becomes Male—Judith Hartenstein and Silke Petersen
• Shepherd of Hermas: Being Enticed into Conversion in the Erotic Church of Sophia—Ulrike Auga
• Gospel of Peter: A Female Disciple of the Lord and Her Female Friends—Caroline Vander Stichele
• Protevangelium of James: God’s Story Goes On—Bettina Eltrop and Claudia Janssen
• Contributors’ Vitae
• The Translators