| Women in Scripture: A Dictionary of Named and Unnamed Women in the Hebrew Bible, the Apocryphal/Deuterocanonical Books, and the New Testam Contributor(s): Meyers, Carol (Editor), Craven, Toni (Editor), Kraemer, Ross Shepard (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0802849628 ISBN-13: 9780802849625 Publisher: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company OUR PRICE: $58.05 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: August 2001 Annotation: Available now for the first time in paperback, Women in Scripture is a landmark one-volume reference work exploring all the women mentioned in the Bible, named and unnamed, well known and heretofore not known at all. Written by the finest scholars in the field, the book comprises more than 800 articles that examine the numerous women found throughout the pages of Scripture. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Religion | Biblical Reference - Dictionaries & Encyclopedias - Religion | Biblical Biography - General - Religion | Reference |
| Dewey: 220.9 |
| LCCN: 99089577 |
| Physical Information: 1.34" H x 7.32" W x 9.78" (2.42 lbs) 608 pages |
| Themes: - Theometrics - Academic - Religious Orientation - Christian - Sex & Gender - Feminine |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Available here for the first time in paperback, Women in Scripture is a landmark one-volume reference work exploring all the women mentioned in the Bible, named and unnamed, well known and heretofore not known at all. The book comprises more than 800 articles, written by the finest scholars in the field, that examine the numerous women who have often been obscured by the androcentric nature of the biblical record and by centuries of translation and interpretation that have paid little or no attention to them. The women of scripture are remarkably varied--from prophets to prostitutes, military heroines to musicians, deacons to dancers, widows to wet nurses, rulers to slaves. Here are familiar faces, such as Eve, Judith, and Mary, seen anew with the full benefit of the most up-to-date biblical scholarship. But the most innovative aspect of the book is the section devoted to the many women who in the scriptures do not even have names. In both scope and accessibility, Women in Scripture is an exceptional work. Combining rigorous scholarship with engaging prose, these articles on women in the Hebrew Bible, the Apocryphal/Deuterocanonical books, and the New Testament will inform, delight, and challenge all readers interested in the Bible. |
Contributor Bio(s): Craven, Toni: - Professor of the Hebrew Bible at Brite Divinity School atTexas Christian University.Meyers, Carol: - Carol Meyers holds the Mary Wilson Professorship inReligion at Duke University.Kraemer, Ross Shepard: - Professor of New Testament at Brown University. |