A Feminist Companion to Tobit and Judith (Feminist Companion to the Bible (Second ) series) - Hardcover

Athalya Brenner-Idan With Helen Efthimiadis-Keith

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0567656004 ISBN 13: 9780567656001

Publisher: Bloomsbury T&T Clark, 2015

Synopsis

A Feminist Companion to Tobit and Judith extends the work of the hugely influential and respected Feminist Companion series, which continues to set the standard for feminist approaches to the Hebrew Bible and related texts. In the present volume Athalya Brenner-Idan and Helen Efthimiadis-Keith draw together a range of scholarly commentators to address the core issues relating to feminist interpretations of the two texts at hand. The volume examines attitudes to gender, identities, exile, social mores, beliefs, clothing, food and drink, personal relationships, and biblical reception. The contributors are: Beverly Bow and George Nickelsburg, Athalya Brenner-Idan, Ora Brison, Helen Efthimiadis-Keith, Renate Egger-Wenzel, Beate Ego, Emma England, Jennifer Glancy, Jan Willem van Henten, Naomi Jacobs, Amy-Jill Levine, Pamela Milne, and Barbara Schmitz.

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About the Authors

Athalya Brenner-Idan is Professor Emerita of the HB\OT Chair at the Universiteit van Amsterdam, The Netherlands; and currently Professor in Biblical Studies at the Department of Hebrew Culture Studies, Tel Aviv University, Israel, and Research Associate at the Biblia Arabica Project there. In addition, she is Extraordinary Professor at the Department of OT/NT, Faculty of Theology, Stellenbosch University, South Africa. Her website is http://athalya-morah-letorah.com.

Helen Efthiamidis-Keith teaches in the School of Theology and Religion at the University of Kwazulu-Natal, South Africa.

Edition details

• Publisher: Bloomsbury T&T Clark
• Publication date: 2015
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0567656004
• ISBN 13: 9780567656001
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 304
• Editor: Athalya Brenner-Idan With Helen Efthimiadis-Keith