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catalog contributor b1848294.
catalog created "c1988.".
catalog date "1988".
catalog date "c1988.".
catalog dateCopyrighted "c1988.".
catalog description "Includes bibliographies and indexes.".
catalog description "Part I: The Pentateuch -- I. Introduction -- Historical considerations -- Literary considerations -- II. Themes from a feminist perspective -- Patriarchy and hierarchy -- Israel's history as men's history -- Language: Masculine by preference and a male god -- Women as men's possessions -- Role stereotyping and sexual discrimination -- Exceptions within a patriarchal culture -- III. Texts from a feminist perspective -- The badly maligned Eve (Genesis 2-3) -- Sarah, Abimelech's wives, and Rebecca: Victims of deceit (Genesis 12; 20; 26) -- Two women compete for one man: Sarah and Hagar; Leah and Rachel (Genesis 16; 30) -- God on the side of the oppressed: Sarah, Hagar, Rebecca, Leah (Genesis 16; 21; 27; 29; 49) -- Dinah: Raped daughter of Jacob (Genesis 34) -- Tamar: Faithful, childless widow (Genesis 38) -- Shiphrah and Puah: Courageous midwives (Exodus 1) -- Zipporah: The first Ruth? (Exodus 4; 18) -- Miriam: Her song and her leprosy (Exodus 15; Numbers 12; Deuteronomy 24) -- Ministering women at the tent of meeting (Exodus 35; 38) -- Mahlah, Noah, Moglah, Milcah, and Tirzah: Zelophehad's docile daughters (Numbers 26; 27; 36) -- Circumcising the heart; potential for women? (Deuteronomy 10; 30) -- Conclusion: Recommended readings: The Pentateuch".
catalog description "Part II: The Deuteronomistic history -- I. Introduction -- The former prophets -- Historical considerations -- Literary considerations -- II. Themes from a feminist perspective -- Patriarchy and hierarchy -- Israel's history as men's history -- Language: Masculine by preference and a "God of the fathers" -- Women as men's possessions -- Role stereotyping and sexual discrimination -- Exceptions within a patriarchal culture -- III. Texts from a feminist perspective -- Rahab: Heroine of Jericho (Joshua 2; 6) -- Deborah and Jael: Saviors of the Israelites (Judges 4-5) -- Two women compete for one man: Gilead's harlot and his wife; Peninnah and Hannah; two harlots (Judges 11; I Samuel 1; I Kings 3) -- An unnamed daughter submits to fulfill her father's vow: do with me according to your word (Judges 11) -- Trust in God: Manoah's unnamed wife (Judges 13) -- Perseverance as victor over physical strength: Delilah and Samson (Judges 16) -- Hannah's prayer of reversals: New Testament foreshadowings (I Samuel 2) -- David's female saviors: Michal; Abigail; an unnamed maidservant; an unnamed wise woman (I Samuel 19; 25; 2 Samuel 17; 20) -- Cursing by making reference to one's mother (I Samuel 20) -- Not just any mother: Zeruiah (2 Samuel 2; 17-19; 21; 23; I Kings 1-2) -- Bathsheba: David's victim (2 Samuel 11-12) -- Tamar: Victim of incest and rape (2 Samuel 13) -- Outwitting the king: The wise woman of Tekoa (2 Samuel 14) -- Rizpah's story: Violated concubine and faithful mother (2 Samuel 3; 21) -- Ahab's named Jezebel and Elijah's and Elisha's nameless women (I Kings 16; 1; 21; 2 Kings 9; I Kings 17; 2 Kings 4; 8) -- Thanks to a nameless maid and a nameless wife: Namaan's cure of leprosy (2 Kings 5) -- Female power in Judah: Jehosheba and Athaliah (2 Kings 11) -- Huldah: Spokesperson for Yahweh; the fall of Judah (2 Kings 22) -- Conclusion: -- Recommended readings: The Deuteronomistic history".
catalog description "Part III: The major and minor prophets -- I. Introduction -- Historical considerations -- Literary considerations -- II. Themes from a feminist perspective -- Patriarchy and hierarchy -- Israel's history as men's history -- Language: Masculine by preference and God as father -- Women as men's possessions -- Role stereotyping and sexual discrimination -- Women as metaphor for city, country, and people -- Exceptions within a patriarchal culture: Prophetic concern for the powerless -- III. Texts from a feminist perspective -- Victims of symbolism: Gomer, Hosea's harlotrous wife; the wife whom Jeremiah never had; Ezekiel's unnamed widow (Hosea 1-3; Jeremiah 16; Ezekiel 24) -- God's womb-derived compassion (Hosea 1-3) -- An unnamed woman bears Immanuel (Isaiah 7-8) -- God as mother (Isaiah 42:14; 45:10; 49:15; 66:13) -- A new thing on the earth: A woman "protects" a man (Jeremiah 31:22) -- Behold the days are coming: Hierarchy gives way to equality of participation (Jeremiah 31; Joel 2) -- Oholah and Oholibah: Jerusalem and Samaria (Ezekiel 23) -- Conclusion: Recommended readings: The major and minor prophets".
catalog description "Part IV: The writings -- I. Introduction -- Historical considerations -- Literary considerations -- II. Themes from a feminist perspective -- Patriarchy and hierarchy -- Israel's history as men's history -- Language: Masculine by preference and God as father -- Women as men's possessions -- Role stereotyping and sexual discrimination -- Woman as metaphor for city and country -- Exceptions within a patriarchal culture: toward a more universal perspective -- III. Texts from a feminist perspective -- Zion, the widow (Lamentations) -- The woman of beauty (The Song of Solomon) -- Noadiah: Prophetess with an evil spirit (Nehemiah 6:14) -- Women's story: Ruth, Naomi, and Orpah (Ruth) -- Dame wisdom and dame folly (Proverbs 1:20-33; 8:22-9:12; 9:13-18) -- An unnamed female model (Proverbs 31) -- Women's story: Vashti, Esther, and Zeresh (Esther) -- Conclusion -- Recommended readings: The writings".
catalog description "Part V: Conclusion. The tasks of feminist interpretation -- Recommended readings: General.".
catalog extent "xii, 243 p. ;".
catalog identifier "080062078X".
catalog issued "1988".
catalog issued "c1988.".
catalog language "eng".
catalog publisher "Philadelphia : Fortress Press,".
catalog subject "221.6 19".
catalog subject "BS1171.2 .L34 1988".
catalog subject "Bible. Old Testament Criticism, interpretation, etc.".
catalog subject "Feminism Religious aspects Christianity.".
catalog tableOfContents "Part I: The Pentateuch -- I. Introduction -- Historical considerations -- Literary considerations -- II. Themes from a feminist perspective -- Patriarchy and hierarchy -- Israel's history as men's history -- Language: Masculine by preference and a male god -- Women as men's possessions -- Role stereotyping and sexual discrimination -- Exceptions within a patriarchal culture -- III. Texts from a feminist perspective -- The badly maligned Eve (Genesis 2-3) -- Sarah, Abimelech's wives, and Rebecca: Victims of deceit (Genesis 12; 20; 26) -- Two women compete for one man: Sarah and Hagar; Leah and Rachel (Genesis 16; 30) -- God on the side of the oppressed: Sarah, Hagar, Rebecca, Leah (Genesis 16; 21; 27; 29; 49) -- Dinah: Raped daughter of Jacob (Genesis 34) -- Tamar: Faithful, childless widow (Genesis 38) -- Shiphrah and Puah: Courageous midwives (Exodus 1) -- Zipporah: The first Ruth? (Exodus 4; 18) -- Miriam: Her song and her leprosy (Exodus 15; Numbers 12; Deuteronomy 24) -- Ministering women at the tent of meeting (Exodus 35; 38) -- Mahlah, Noah, Moglah, Milcah, and Tirzah: Zelophehad's docile daughters (Numbers 26; 27; 36) -- Circumcising the heart; potential for women? (Deuteronomy 10; 30) -- Conclusion: Recommended readings: The Pentateuch".
catalog tableOfContents "Part II: The Deuteronomistic history -- I. Introduction -- The former prophets -- Historical considerations -- Literary considerations -- II. Themes from a feminist perspective -- Patriarchy and hierarchy -- Israel's history as men's history -- Language: Masculine by preference and a "God of the fathers" -- Women as men's possessions -- Role stereotyping and sexual discrimination -- Exceptions within a patriarchal culture -- III. Texts from a feminist perspective -- Rahab: Heroine of Jericho (Joshua 2; 6) -- Deborah and Jael: Saviors of the Israelites (Judges 4-5) -- Two women compete for one man: Gilead's harlot and his wife; Peninnah and Hannah; two harlots (Judges 11; I Samuel 1; I Kings 3) -- An unnamed daughter submits to fulfill her father's vow: do with me according to your word (Judges 11) -- Trust in God: Manoah's unnamed wife (Judges 13) -- Perseverance as victor over physical strength: Delilah and Samson (Judges 16) -- Hannah's prayer of reversals: New Testament foreshadowings (I Samuel 2) -- David's female saviors: Michal; Abigail; an unnamed maidservant; an unnamed wise woman (I Samuel 19; 25; 2 Samuel 17; 20) -- Cursing by making reference to one's mother (I Samuel 20) -- Not just any mother: Zeruiah (2 Samuel 2; 17-19; 21; 23; I Kings 1-2) -- Bathsheba: David's victim (2 Samuel 11-12) -- Tamar: Victim of incest and rape (2 Samuel 13) -- Outwitting the king: The wise woman of Tekoa (2 Samuel 14) -- Rizpah's story: Violated concubine and faithful mother (2 Samuel 3; 21) -- Ahab's named Jezebel and Elijah's and Elisha's nameless women (I Kings 16; 1; 21; 2 Kings 9; I Kings 17; 2 Kings 4; 8) -- Thanks to a nameless maid and a nameless wife: Namaan's cure of leprosy (2 Kings 5) -- Female power in Judah: Jehosheba and Athaliah (2 Kings 11) -- Huldah: Spokesperson for Yahweh; the fall of Judah (2 Kings 22) -- Conclusion: -- Recommended readings: The Deuteronomistic history".
catalog tableOfContents "Part III: The major and minor prophets -- I. Introduction -- Historical considerations -- Literary considerations -- II. Themes from a feminist perspective -- Patriarchy and hierarchy -- Israel's history as men's history -- Language: Masculine by preference and God as father -- Women as men's possessions -- Role stereotyping and sexual discrimination -- Women as metaphor for city, country, and people -- Exceptions within a patriarchal culture: Prophetic concern for the powerless -- III. Texts from a feminist perspective -- Victims of symbolism: Gomer, Hosea's harlotrous wife; the wife whom Jeremiah never had; Ezekiel's unnamed widow (Hosea 1-3; Jeremiah 16; Ezekiel 24) -- God's womb-derived compassion (Hosea 1-3) -- An unnamed woman bears Immanuel (Isaiah 7-8) -- God as mother (Isaiah 42:14; 45:10; 49:15; 66:13) -- A new thing on the earth: A woman "protects" a man (Jeremiah 31:22) -- Behold the days are coming: Hierarchy gives way to equality of participation (Jeremiah 31; Joel 2) -- Oholah and Oholibah: Jerusalem and Samaria (Ezekiel 23) -- Conclusion: Recommended readings: The major and minor prophets".
catalog tableOfContents "Part IV: The writings -- I. Introduction -- Historical considerations -- Literary considerations -- II. Themes from a feminist perspective -- Patriarchy and hierarchy -- Israel's history as men's history -- Language: Masculine by preference and God as father -- Women as men's possessions -- Role stereotyping and sexual discrimination -- Woman as metaphor for city and country -- Exceptions within a patriarchal culture: toward a more universal perspective -- III. Texts from a feminist perspective -- Zion, the widow (Lamentations) -- The woman of beauty (The Song of Solomon) -- Noadiah: Prophetess with an evil spirit (Nehemiah 6:14) -- Women's story: Ruth, Naomi, and Orpah (Ruth) -- Dame wisdom and dame folly (Proverbs 1:20-33; 8:22-9:12; 9:13-18) -- An unnamed female model (Proverbs 31) -- Women's story: Vashti, Esther, and Zeresh (Esther) -- Conclusion -- Recommended readings: The writings".
catalog tableOfContents "Part V: Conclusion. The tasks of feminist interpretation -- Recommended readings: General.".
catalog title "An introduction to the Old Testament : a feminist perspective / Alice L. Laffey.".
catalog type "Criticism, interpretation, etc. fast".
catalog type "text".