The Women's Bible Commentary
by Carol A. Newsom (Editor), Sharon H. Ringe (Editor)
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The Women's Bible Commentary is a trusted, classic resource for biblical scholarship, written by some of the best feminist scholars in the field today. This twentieth anniversary edition features brand new or thoroughly revised essays to reflect newer thinking in feminist interpretation and hermeneutics. It comprises commentaries on every book of the Bible, including the apocryphal books; essays on the reception history of women in the Bible; and essays on feminist critical method. The show more contributors raise important questions and explore the implications of how women and other marginalized people are portrayed in biblical texts, looking specifically at gender roles, sexuality, political power, and family life, while challenging long-held assumptions. This commentary brings modern critical methods to bear on the history, sociology, anthropology, and literature of the relevant time periods to illuminate the context of these biblical portrayals and challenges readers to new understandings. show lessTags
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This is my go-to commentary for all of my seminary work. As a man who has been steeped in a tradition of male-dominated interpretation of scripture this is volume is a breath of fresh air. One is remiss to deny the scholarship of this collection. With contributors like Amy-Jill Levine, Jouette Bassler, Mary Ann Tolbert, and the editor Carol Newsom you are presented with some of the greatest feminist theologians alive. The contributors skillfully employ literary, historical, and redaction criticism in studying the texts to help flesh out the place and role of women in the story of God's people.
This should be in the library of any real student of the bible.
This should be in the library of any real student of the bible.
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Dr. Carol A. Newsom is Charles Howard Candler Professor of Old Testament/Hebrew Bible at Emory University's Candler School of Theology. She is the co-editor of The New Oxford Annotated Bible.
Common Knowledge
- Canonical title
- The Women's Bible Commentary
- People/Characters
- Adam; Andrew (Apostle); Aquila (husband of Pricilla); Augustus Caesar; Bartholomew (Apostle); Bathsheba (show all 80); Simon Peter; Deborah (prophet | judge); Delilah; Dorcas; Elijah; Elisha; Elizabeth (mother of John the Baptist); Esther (Queen of Persia); Ethiopian eunuch; Eve; Gabriel, the Angel (Saint, Archangel); Hagar (mother of Ishmael); Hannah (mother of Samuel); Holy Spirit; Isaac (son of Abraham and Sarah); Ishmael (son of Abraham and Hagar); Israel; Jacob; Jairus; James (Apostle); Jesus Christ; Jezebel (queen); John (Apostle); John the Baptist; Jonah; Joseph (Jesus' father); Joseph (son of Jacob); Joshua; Judas Iscariot; Lazarus of Bethany; Leah (daughter of Laban | wife of Jacob); Lot; Lot's Wife; Magi; Martha of Bethany; Mary Magdalene; Mary (mother of Jesus); Matthew (Apostle); Matthias (Apostle); Methusela; Michael (angel); Moses; Naaman; Nathan (prophet); Nathanael (Apostle); Nebuchadnezzar II, king of Babylon; Nicodemus; Noah; Orpah; Paul (Apostle); Peter (Apostle); Pharaoh's daughter; Philemon; Philip (Apostle); Pontius Pilate; Priscilla; Rachel (daughter of Laban | wife of Jacob); Rebecca; Ruth; Samaritan woman; Samson; Samuel; Sanhedrin; Sapphira; Sarah (wife of Abraham | mother of Isaac | "Sarai"); Satan (the Adversary); Saul (King of Israel); Saul of Tarsus; Shadrach; Solomon; Stephen (Saint | deacon | martyr); Thomas (Apostle); Vashti (Queen of Persia); Widow of Nain
- Important places
- Antioch; Babylon; Bethany; Bethlehem, Judea; Caesarea; Cana, Galilee (show all 41); Canaan; Capernaum; Colossae; Corinth, Greece; Eden; Egypt; Ephesus; Ethiopia; Galatia; Galilee; Gethsemane; Golgotha; Israel; Jerusalem; Jordan River; Judah; Judea; Lydda; Mount Horeb; Mount of Olives; Mount Sinai; Mount Zion; Nazareth; Nineveh; Palestine; Persia; Phillippi; Red Sea; Road to Emmaus; Rome, Italy; Samaria; Thessalonica; Thyatira; Tyre; Valley of Jezreel
- Important events
- Creation (Genesis 1-2); The Flood (Genesis 6-9); Joseph Sold to Egypt (Genesis 37); Moses and the burning bush (Exodus 3); Plagues in Egypt (Exodus 7-12); Israel crossing the Red Sea (Exodus 13:17-14:31) (show all 32); David and Bathsheba (2 Samuel 11); The widow's oil (2 Kings 4:1-7); Birth of John the Baptist promised (Luke 1:5-25); Birth of Jesus foretold (Luke 1:26-38); Birth of John the Baptist (Luke 1:57-80); Birth of Jesus (Luke 2:1-21); Baptism of Jesus of Nazareth (Matthew 3:13-17 | Mark 1:9-11 | Luke 3:21-22 | John 1:31-34); Jesus' temptation in the wilderness; Wedding at Cana (John 2:1-12); Jesus calms the stormy sea (Matthew 8:23-27 | Mark 4:35-41 | Luke 8:22-25); Jesus raises Jairus' daughter from the dead (Matthew 9:18-26 | Mark 5:21-43 | Luke 8:40-56); Sermon on the mount (Matthew 5:1-7:29 | Luke 6:20-49); Jesus raises the widow of Nain's son (Luke 7:11-17); Beheading of John the Baptist (Matthew 14:6-12 | Mark 6:21-29); Jesus feeds the 5,000 (Matthew 14:13-21 | Mark 6:30-44 | Luke 9:10-17 | John 6:1-15); Jesus blesses small children (Matthew 19:13-15 | Mark 10:13-16 | Luke 18:15-17); Jesus' triumphant entry to Jerusalem (Matthew 21:1-11 | Mark 11:1-11 | Luke 19:29-44 | John 12:12-19); Last Supper (Matthew 26:20-29 | Mark 14:17-25 | Luke 22:14-22 | John 13:1-35 | 1 Corinthians 11:23-29); Garden of Gethsemane (Matthew 26:36-46 | Mark 14:32-42 | Luke 22:39-46 | John 18:1-2); Jesus' trial (Matthew 26:57-68 | Mark 14:53-65 | Luke 22:63-71 | John 18:12-24); Peter denies Jesus (Matthew 26:58-75 | Mark 14:54-72 | Luke 22:54-62 | John 18:15-27); Judas Iscariot hangs himself (Matthew 27:3-10 | Acts 1:15-20); Crucifixion of Jesus of Nazareth (Matthew 27:31-34 | Mark 15:20-28 | Luke 23:26-33 | John 19:16-18); Jesus' resurrection (Matthew 28:1-15 | Mark 16:1-11 | Luke 24:1-12 | John 20:1-18); Jesus appears to Peter (Luke 24:34 | 1 Corinthians 15:5); Road to Emmaus (Mark 16:12-13 | Luke 24:13-35)
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- Languages
- English
- Media
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- ISBNs
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- ASINs
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