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Women's Bible Commentary, 3rd ed. (2012) is a volume edited by Carol A. Newsom, Sharon H. Ringe, and Jacqueline E. Lapsley.

Abstract

"The Women's Bible Commentary is a trusted, classic resource for biblical scholarship, written by some of the best feminist scholars in the field today. This twentieth anniversary edition features brand new or thoroughly revised essays to reflect newer thinking in feminist interpretation and hermeneutics. It comprises commentaries on every book of the Bible, including the apocryphal books; essays on the reception history of women in the Bible; and essays on feminist critical method. The contributors raise important questions and explore the implications of how women and other marginalized people are portrayed in biblical texts, looking specifically at gender roles, sexuality, political power, and family life, while challenging long-held assumptions. This commentary brings modern critical methods to bear on the history, sociology, anthropology, and literature of the relevant time periods to illuminate the context of these biblical portrayals and challenges readers to new understandings."--Publisher description.

Editions

Published in Louisville, KY : Westminster John Knox Press, 2012.

• The Women's Bible Commentary (1992 Newsom, Ringe), edited volume
• Women's Bible Commentary, 2nd enlarged ed. (1998 Newsom, Ringe), edited volume

Table of contents

When women interpret the Bible / Sharon H. Ringe -- Women as biblical interpreters before the twentieth century / Carol A. Newsom -- Genesis / Susan Niditch -- Eve and her interpreters / Anne W. Stewart -- Sarah, Hagar, and their interpreters / Elaine James -- Exodus / Nyasha Junior -- Miriam and her interpreters / Elaine James -- Leviticus / Hannah K. Harrington -- Numbers / Katherine Doob Sakenfeld -- Deuteronomy / Carolyn Pressler -- Joshua / Amy C. Cottrill -- Rahab and her interpreters / Amy H.C. Robertson -- Judges / Susanne Scholz -- Deborah, Jael, and their interpreters ; Jephthah's daughter and her interpreters / Anne W. Stewart -- Delilah and her interpreters / Josey Bridges Snyder -- Ruth / Eunny P. Lee -- 1 and 2 Samuel / Jo Ann Hackett -- 1 and 2 Kings / Cameron B.R. Howard -- Jezebel and her interpreters / Josey Bridges Snyder -- 1 and 2 Chronicles / Christine Mitchell. Ezra-Nehemiah / Tamara Cohn Eskenazi -- Esther / Sidnie White Crawford -- Job / Carol A. Newsom -- Job's wife and her interpreters / Anne W. Stewart -- Psalms / Nancy L. deClaissé-Walford -- Proverbs / Christine Roy Yoder -- Ecclesiastes / Jennifer L. Koosed -- Song of songs / J. Cheryl Exum -- Isaiah / Patricia K. Tull -- Jeremiah ; Lamentations / Kathleen M. O'Connor -- Ezekiel / Jacqueline E. Lapsley -- Daniel / Carol A. Newsom -- Hosea / Gale A. Yee -- Joel / L. Juliana M. Claassens -- Amos / Amy Erickson -- Obadiah / L. Juliana M. Claassens -- Jonah / Kelly J. Murphy -- Micah / Judy Fentress-Williams -- Nahum / Julie Galambush -- Habakkuk / Amy C. Merrill Willis -- Zephaniah / Katie M. Heffelfinger -- Haggai ; Zechariah / Julia M. O'Brien -- Malachi / Ingrid E. Lilly -- Women's religious life in ancient Israel / Carol Meyers -- Introduction to the Apocrypha / Eileen M. Schuller. 1 Esdras / Eileen M. Schuller -- 2 Esdras / Karina Martin Hogan -- Tobit / Eileen M. Schuller -- Judith / Denise Dombkowski Hopkins -- Judith and her interpreters / Nicole Tilford -- The Greek book of Esther / Adele Reinhartz -- Wisdom of Solomon / Sarah J. Tanzer -- Sirach / Pamela Eisenbaum -- Baruch ; The Letter of Jeremiah / Patricia K. Tull -- The Greek book of Daniel / Nicole Tilford -- Susanna and her interpreters / Nicole Tilford -- The Prayer of Manasseh / Patricia K. Tull -- 1 Maccabees / Kelley Coblentz Bautch -- 2 Maccabees / Colleen M. Conway -- 3 Maccabees / Sara R. Johnson -- 4 Maccabees / Judith H. Newman -- Psalm 151 / Carol A. Newsom -- Gospel of Matthew / Amy-Jill Levine -- Gospel of Mark / Elizabeth Struthers Malbon -- Gospel of Luke / Jane D. Schaberg and Sharon H. Ringe -- Mary and her interpreters / Brittany E. Wilson -- Gospel of John / Gail R. O'Day -- Mary Magdalene and her interpreters / Brittany E. Wilson. Acts of the Apostles / Margaret Aymer -- Romans / Beverly Roberts Gaventa -- 1 Corinthians ; 2 Corinthians / Jouette M. Bassler -- Galatians / Carolyn Osiek -- Ephesians / E. Elizabeth Johnson -- Philippians / Carla Swafford Works -- Colossians / E. Elizabeth Johnson -- 1 Thessalonians / Monya A. Stubbs -- 2 Thessalonians / Mary Ann Beavis -- 1 Timothy ; 2 Timothy ; Titus / Joanna Dewey -- Philemon / Mitzi J. Smith -- Hebrews / Mary Rose D'Angelo -- James / Gay L. Byron -- 1 Peter ; 2 Peter / Cynthia Briggs Kittredge -- 1, 2, and 3 John / Gail R. O'Day -- Jude / Leticia A. Guardiola-Sáenz -- Revelation/Apocalypse of John / Tina Pippin -- Beyond the canon / Deirdre Good -- The religious lives of women In the early church / Margaret Y. MacDonald.

External links

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