The writings and later wisdom books
By: edited by Christl M. Maier and Nuria Calduch-Benages
Contributors: Society of Biblical Literature
Series: The Bible and women : an encyclopaedia of exegesis and cultural history. Hebrew Bible/Old Testament -- volume 1.3; Bible and women -- v. 1.3.; Bible and women -- 3.
Publisher: SBL Press
Published: 2014
Place of publication: Atlanta
Language: eng
Number of pages: 333
ISBN-13: 9781628370591; 9781628370577; 9781628370584
Subjects: Women in Judaism; Frau; Bible; Geschlechterrolle; Criticism, interpretation; Feministische Exegese; Women in the Bible
Work titles: Escritos y otros libros sapienciales. English
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 289-316) and index.

Translated from German into English.
Table of contents: title: Part 1, Tracing the living conditions of women:; title: The lives of women in the postexilic era  -- Tamara Cohn Eskenazi; title: Female names and gender perspectives in Chronicles  -- Sara Japhet -- Part 2, "Good" and "bad" women? : images of women in Israel's wisdom tradition:; title: Personified wisdom : contexts, meanings, theology  -- Gerlinde Baumann; title: Good and evil women in Proverbs and Job : the emergence of cultural stereotypes  -- Christl M. Maier; title: Between misogyny and valorization : perspectives on women in Qoheleth  -- Vittoria D'Alario; title: Good and bad wives in the Book of Ben Sira : a harmless classification?  -- Nuria Calduch-Benages -- Part 3, Women's voices and female metaphors in poetic texts:; title: Ancient Near Eastern pictures as keys to biblical metaphors  -- Silvia Schroer; title: Feminine symbols and metaphors in the Psalter  -- Donatella Scaiola; title: On gendering laments : a gender-oriented reading of the Old Testament psalms of lament  -- Ulrike Bail; title: Lamentations and gender in biblical cultural context  -- Nancy C. Lee -- Shulammite : the woman "at peace" in the Song of Songs / -- Gianni Barbiero -- Part 4, Ambivalent role models : women in narrative texts:; title: Ruth and Naomi reclaim their lives and memories  -- Miren Junkal Guevara Llaguno; title: Interpreting Esther : categories, contexts, and creative ambiguities  -- Susan Niditch; title: Susanna, example of virtue and Daniel's female counterpart -- Isabel Gómez-Acebo.