Women in Scripture: A Dictionary of Named and Unnamed Women in the Hebrew Bible, the Apocryphal/Deuterocanonical Books, and the New Testament

ISBN 10: 0802849628 / ISBN 13: 9780802849625

Published by Wm. B. Eerdmans-Lightning Source, 2001

Seller Inventory # mon0000625018

Synopsis:

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 varied―from 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 an exceptional work. Combining rigorous scholarship with engaging prose, these articles on women in the Hebrew Bible, the Apocryphal/Deuterocanonical books, and the New Testament will inform, delight, and challenge all readers interested in the Bible.

About the Authors: Carol Meyers holds the Mary Wilson Professorship inReligion at Duke University.

Professor of the Hebrew Bible at Brite Divinity School atTexas Christian University.

Professor of New Testament at Brown University.

Bibliographic Details

Title: Women in Scripture: A Dictionary of Named ...
Publisher: Wm. B. Eerdmans-Lightning Source
Publication Date: 2001
Binding: paperback
Condition: Good