The Bible and women
Subtitle: an encyclopaedia of exegesis and cultural history
Publisher: Society of Biblical Literature
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Atlanta
Language: eng
Number of pages: 439
ISBN-13: 9781589835641; 9781589835658; 9781589836341
Subjects: Feminist  criticism; Bible; Bible and feminism
Description: "Both prophets and prophetesses shared God's divine will with the people of Israel, yet the voices of these women were often forgotten due to later prohibitions against women teaching in public. This latest volume of the Bible and Women series focuses on the intersection of gender and prophecy in the Former Prophets (Joshua to 2 Kings) as well as in the Latter Prophets of the Hebrew Bible. Essays examine how women appear in the iconography of the ancient world, the historical background of the phenomenon of prophecy, political and religious resistance by women in the biblical text, and gender symbolism and constructions in prophetic material as well as the metaphorical discourse of God."
Notes: Set published simultaneously in English, German, Italian, and Spanish.

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: 1. Hebrew Bible/Old Testament: 1.1 Torah / edited by Irmtraud Fischer, Mercedes Navarro Puerto, with the collaboration of Andrea Taschl-Erber; title: 1.2. Writings / edited by Irmtraud Fischer and Athalya  Brenner; title: 1.3. Prophets / edited by Nuria Calduch-Benages and Christl Maier