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Books in the Gender and the Biblical Tradition series

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  • - First Century Jewish Portraits of Biblical Women
    by Cheryl Anne Brown
    £36.49

    Cheryl Brown studies the portrayal of women in Biblical Antiquities, attributed to Philo, and in the Jewish Antiquities of Josephus, two documents that characterize women differently than their biblical prototypes. Her insightful investigation will bring new perspectives on the subject of women in Judaeo-Christian tradition during the...

  • - Female Saviors and Formative Christianity
    by Gail P. C. Streete
    £32.99

    This book examines the image of the savior and the experience of salvation, two concepts that are inextricably entwined. Gail Streete asserts that Christianity set aside female images of salvation by emphasizing the maleness of Jesus. She draws on solid knowledge of the Jewish sources of Christianity and from the Greek-speaking classical world...

  • - Perspectives on Biblical Women
    by Katheryn Pfisterer Darr
    £29.49

    Using interpretation from modern critical scholars, rabbis, and feminist scholars, Katheryn Darr offers a fascinating book that provides new ways of understanding the stories of four biblical women. The author studies Ruth, a foreigner from Moab who became the ancestor of Israel's King David; Sarah, who lost hope of bearing a child yet she...

  • - Feminist Perspectives on the New Testament
    by Luise Schottroff
    £31.99

    This important collection draws together fascinating recent studies of aspects of the New Testament of special interest to women by Louise Schottroff, a leading European scholar. These essays, translated for the first time, will deepen feminist scholarship in the English-speaking world. There are insightful depictions of the Virgin Mary, "the...

  • - Rabbinic Reconstructs of Biblical Women
    by Leila Leah Bronner
    £35.99

    This is the first book-length attempt to examine the attitude of the ancient rabbis towards some of the most significant feminine figures in the Old Testament. It traces the biblical stories, examines their objectives and methods, and discusses how these original intentions were altered--sometimes beyond recognition--when the women discussed in...

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