Daring, disreputable, and devout
Subtitle: interpreting the Hebrew Bible's women in the arts and music
By: Dan W. Clanton, Jr.
Publisher: T & T Clark; Bloomsbury T&T Clark; UNKNO
Published: 2009
Place of publication: London; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 208
ISBN-13: 9780567027474; 9780567027016
Subjects: Bible. -- O.T. -- Criticism, interpretation, etc; Women in the Bible; Arts in the Bible; Music in the Bible
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: A hard headed woman : Eve in the Hebrew Bible and later; title: Two fires burning : Sarah and Hagar and the history of interpretation; title: Trollops and temptresses : Delilah(s) in Judges, Camille Saint-Saëns' Samson et Dalila, and 20th century popular music; title: Gee baby ain't I good to you : unreturned and empty love in the book of Ruth; title: If I perish, I perish : Esther in film; title: Judy in disguise : D.W. Griffith's Judith of Bethulia; title: Susie-Q, baby I love you : Susanna and art in the Renaissance; title: Why we should care about the history of interpretation.