Women in Scripture
Carol Meyers, Toni Craven, Ross Shepard KraemerPaperback 2001-08-28
Available here for the first time in paperback, WOMEN IN SCRIPTURE is a landmark one-volume reference work exploring all the women mentioned in the Bible, named and unnamed. The book comprises more than 800 articles, written by the finest scholars in the field, that examine the numerous women who have often been obscured by centuries of interpretation that have paid little or no attention to them. 608 pages, from Eerdmans.
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Available here for the first time in paperback, Women in Scripture is a landmark one-volume reference work exploring all the women mentioned in the Bible, named and unnamed, well known and heretofore not known at all. The book comprises more than 800 articles, written by the finest scholars in the field, that examine the numerous women who have often been obscured by the androcentric nature of the biblical record and by centuries of translation and interpretation that have paid little or no attention to them. The women of scripture are remarkably variedfrom prophets to prostitutes, military heroines to musicians, deacons to dancers, widows to wet nurses, rulers to slaves. Here are familiar faces, such as Eve, Judith, and Mary, seen anew with the full benefit of the most up-to-date biblical scholarship. But the most innovative aspect of the book is the section devoted to the many women who in the scriptures do not even have names. In both scope and accessibility, Women in Scripture is
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Available here for the first time in paperback, WOMEN IN SCRIPTURE is a landmark one-volume reference work exploring all the women mentioned in the Bible, named and unnamed. The book comprises more than 800 articles, written by the finest scholars in the field, that examine the numerous women who have often been obscured by centuries of interpretation that have paid little or no attention to them. 608 pages, from Eerdmans.
Publisher Description
Available here for the first time in paperback, Women in Scripture is a landmark one-volume reference work exploring all the women mentioned in the Bible, named and unnamed, well known and heretofore not known at all. The book comprises more than 800 articles, written by the finest scholars in the field, that examine the numerous women who have often been obscured by the androcentric nature of the biblical record and by centuries of translation and interpretation that have paid little or no attention to them. The women of scripture are remarkably variedfrom prophets to prostitutes, military heroines to musicians, deacons to dancers, widows to wet nurses, rulers to slaves. Here are familiar faces, such as Eve, Judith, and Mary, seen anew with the full benefit of the most up-to-date biblical scholarship. But the most innovative aspect of the book is the section devoted to the many women who in the scriptures do not even have names. In both scope and accessibility, Women in Scripture is