Helpmates, Harlots, and Heroes: Women's Stories in the Hebrew Bible

by Bellis, Alice Ogden

• ISBN13: 9780664230289
• ISBN10: 0664230288
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2007-06-19
• Publisher: Westminster John Knox Pr

Summary

This best-selling book, now revised and updated, shares the work of many feminist biblical scholars who have examined women's stories for several years. These stories are powerful accounts of women in the Old Testament--stories that have profoundly affected how women understand themselves as well as men's perception of them. Here, Alice Bellis shares the research of feminist biblical scholarship during a quarter of a century, which renders a vast amount of refreshing, exciting, sometimes disturbing material.

Author Biography

Alice Ogden Bellis is Professor of Old Testament Language and Literature at Howard University School of Divinity in Washington, D.C.

Table of Contents

Background	p. 1
Introduction	p. 3
A story about stories	p. 35
The story of Eve	p. 37
The women in Genesis	p. 57
The women in Exodus and Numbers	p. 83
The women in Joshua and Judges	p. 98
The women in 1 and 2 Samuel	p. 123
The women in 1 and 2 Kings	p. 139
The women in the prophets	p. 156
The women in the wisdom literature and the Song of Songs	p. 170
Subversive women in subversive books : Ruth, Esther, Susanna, and Judith	p. 183
Reflections	p. 203
Summary and conclusions	p. 205
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