A Feminist Companion to Esther, Judith and Susanna (1997 Brenner), edited volume

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A Feminist Companion to Esther, Judith and Susanna (1997) is a volume edited by Athalya Brenner.

Abstract

Editions

Published in Sheffield [England]: Sheffield Academic Press, 1997 (Feminist Companion to the Bible, 7).

Contents

  • An oriental beauty parlour: an analysis of Esther 2.8-18 in the Hebrew, the Septuagint and the second Greek text / Kristin De Troyer
  • Mirror, mirror in the text: reflections on reading and rereading / Alice Bach
  • Esther: the incomplete emancipation of a queen / Bea Wyler
  • Sacrifice and salvation: otherness and domestication in the book of Judith / Amy-Jill Levine
  • Head hunting: Judith' on the cutting edge of knowledge / Mieke Bal
  • Hemmed in on every side': Jews and women in the book of Susanna / Amy-Jill Levine

External links

  • [ Google Books]