| Description |
1 online resource (219 pages) |
| Series |
The feminist companion to the Bible. Second series ; 5 |
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Feminist companion to the Bible. Second series ; 5
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| Contents |
Introduction / Athalya Brenner -- pt. I. First Revisit: Exodus and Moses -- Complexities of 'His' Liberation Talk: A Literary Feminist Reading of the Book of Exodus / Susanne Scholz -- Signifying on Exodus: Reading Race and Culture in Zora Neale Hurston's Moses, Man of the Mountain / Harold C. Washington -- Oedipus Wrecks: Moses and God's Rod / Ilona Rashkow -- Divine Puppeteer: Yahweh of Exodus / Cheryl Kirk-Duggan -- pt. II. Second Revisit: Miriam -- Miriam / Phyllis Silverman Kramer -- Miriam Re-Imagined, and Imaginary Women of Exodus in Musical Settings / Helen Leneman -- Dreaming of Miriam's Well / Alice Bach -- Authority of Miriam: A Feminist Rereading of Numbers 12 Prompted by Jewish Interpretation / Irmtraud Fischer -- pt. III. Third Revisit: Daughters -- Daughters of Zelophehad and Women's Inheritance: The Biblical Injunction and Its Outcome / Tal Ilan -- Serah and the Exodus: A Midrashic Miracle / Leila Leah Bronner |
| Summary |
The studies in this collection, reflecting recent developments in feminist exegesis in Europe and the United States, comprise three 'revisits': the first, to Exodus and Moses, includes Susanne Scholz on a literary feminist reading of Exodus, Harold Washington on Exodus and Zora Neale Hurston's 'Moses, Man of the Mountain', Ilona Rashkow on 'Oedipus Wreckes: Moses and God's Rod', and 'Divine Puppeteer: Yahweh of Exodus' by Cheryl Kirk-Duggan. The second revisit, to Miriam, comprises 'Miriam' by Phyllis Silverman Kramer, 'Miriam Re-Imagined, and Imaginary Women of Exodus in Musical Settings' by Helen Leneman, Alice Bach, 'Dreaming of Miriam's Well' and Irmtraud Fischer on 'The Authority of Miriam'. The third revisit is to Daughters, where Tal Ilan writes on the daughters of Zelophehad and Leila Bronner on 'Serah and the Exodus'."--Provided by publisher |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 199-219) and indexes |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| SUBJECT |
Bible. Pentateuch -- Feminist criticism
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Bible. Pentateuch fast |
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Bibel Pentateuch gnd |
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RELIGION -- Biblical Studies -- Old Testament.
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Feminist criticism
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Exegese
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Feministische Theologie
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Exodus (bijbelboek)
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Deuteronomium (bijbelboek)
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Brenner-Idan, Athalya, editor, author
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| ISBN |
9780567398758 |
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0567398757 |
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