Judges is a book with much to say about women, especially about their fate in a masculine world, subject to male values. This sparkling new collection of studies subjects Achsah, Delilah and Jephthah's daughter to the female critical gaze, while an increased emphasis on the body (whether gendered or not), violence of various forms, and intertextuality reflect the growing importance of these issues in biblical exegesis. The contributors to this second Judges Companion are Lillian Klein, Claudia Rakel, Shulamit Valler, Phyllis Silverman Kramer, Carol Smith, Renate Jost, Ilse Müllner and Alice Bach.…mehr
Judges is a book with much to say about women, especially about their fate in a masculine world, subject to male values. This sparkling new collection of studies subjects Achsah, Delilah and Jephthah's daughter to the female critical gaze, while an increased emphasis on the body (whether gendered or not), violence of various forms, and intertextuality reflect the growing importance of these issues in biblical exegesis. The contributors to this second Judges Companion are Lillian Klein, Claudia Rakel, Shulamit Valler, Phyllis Silverman Kramer, Carol Smith, Renate Jost, Ilse Müllner and Alice Bach.
Athalya Brenner is Professor of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament in the Department of Theology and Religious Studies, University of Amsterdam, and Rosalyn and Manny Rosenthal Distinguished Professor-in-Residence of Hebrew Bible at Brite Divinity School, Fort Worth, Texas.
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Abbreviations List of Contributors Athalya Brenner Introduction Lillian R. Klein Achsah: What Price this Prize? Claudia Rakel 'I will Sing a New Song to my God': Some Remarks on the Intertextuality of Judith 16. 1-17 Schulamit Valler The Story of Jephthah's Daughter in the Midrash Phyllis Silverman Kramer Jephthah's Daughter: A Thematic Approach to the Narrative as seen in Selected Rabbinic Exegesis and in Artwork Carol Smith Delilah : A Suitable Case for (Feminist) Treatment? Renate Jost God of Love God of Vengeance, or Samson's 'Prayer for Vengeance' Illsa Müllner Lethal Differences: Sexual Violence as Violence Against Others in Judges 19 Alice Bach Rereading the Body Politic: Women, Violence and Judges 21 Bibliography Index of References Index of Authors
Abbreviations List of Contributors Athalya Brenner Introduction Lillian R. Klein Achsah: What Price this Prize? Claudia Rakel 'I will Sing a New Song to my God': Some Remarks on the Intertextuality of Judith 16. 1-17 Schulamit Valler The Story of Jephthah's Daughter in the Midrash Phyllis Silverman Kramer Jephthah's Daughter: A Thematic Approach to the Narrative as seen in Selected Rabbinic Exegesis and in Artwork Carol Smith Delilah : A Suitable Case for (Feminist) Treatment? Renate Jost God of Love God of Vengeance, or Samson's 'Prayer for Vengeance' Illsa Müllner Lethal Differences: Sexual Violence as Violence Against Others in Judges 19 Alice Bach Rereading the Body Politic: Women, Violence and Judges 21 Bibliography Index of References Index of Authors
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