A Feminist Companion to Esther, Judith and Susanna

by Athalya Brenner-Idan (Editor)

Overview

Do we confront in these three characters feminist heroines or patriarchally idealised stooges? From the worldly Esther to the piously devout Susanna via the militant widow, these female figures appear both as meticulously sculpted individuals.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781850755272
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Academic
Publication date:	01/01/1995
Series:	Feminist Companion to the Bible , #7
Pages:	336
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.70(d)

About the Author

Athalya Brenner is Professor of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament in the Department of Theology and Religious Studies, University of Amsterdam, and Rosalyn and Manny Rosenthal Distinguished Professor-in-Residence of Hebrew Bible at Brite Divinity School, Fort Worth, Texas.

Table of Contents

Abbreviations
Athalya Brenner
Introduction
Part I
Esther: When Gender Politics Represent Power Politics / Susan Niditch
Esther: Folklore, Wisdom, Feminism and Authority / Kristin de Troyer
An Oriental Beauty Parlour: An Analysis of Esther 2.8-18 in the Hebrew, the Septuagint and the Second Greek Text / Athalya Brenner
Looking at Esther through the Looking Glass / Alice Bach
Mirror, Mirror in the Text: Reflections on Reading and Re-reading / Timothy K. Beal
Tracing Esther's Beginnings / Bea Wyler
Esther: The Incomplete Emancipation of a Queen / Zefira Gitay
Esther and the Queen's Throne / Lillian R. Klein
Honor and Shame in Esther/ Leila Leah Bronner
Esther Revisited: An Aggadic Approach / Diane Wolksstien
Esther's Story
Part II
Judith: On Power, Leadership and Knowledge / Amy-Jill Levine
Sacrifice and Salvation: Otherness and Domestication in the Book of Judith / Ijan Willem van Henten
Judith as Alternative Leader: A Rereading of Judith 7-13 / Mieke Bal
Head Hunting: 'Judith' on the Cutting Edge of Knowledge
Part III
Susanna: The Reader's Power/Knowledge - on Viewing a Jewish Woman/Community / Jennifer
A. Glancy
The Accused: Susanna and her Readers / Amy-Jill Levine
'Hemmed in on Every Side': Jews and Women in the Book of Susanna
Bibliography