Torah
Published on 19. October 2012
Book
Hardback
500 pages
978-90-04-21973-1 (ISBN)
Description
This volume is the first in The Bible and Women series. It presents a history of the reception of the Bible as embedded in Western cultural history with a special focus on the history of women and issues of gender. It introduces the series, explaining the choice of the Hebrew canon in connection with the Christian tradition and preparing the way for a changed view of women throughout the series. The contributors explore the gendered significance of the canonical writings as well as the process of their canonization and the social-historical background of ancient Near Eastern women's lives, both of which play key roles in the series. Turning to the Pentateuch, essays address a variety of texts and issues still relevant today, such as creation and male-female identity in the image of God, women's roles in the genealogies of the Pentateuch and in salvation history, the rights and responsibilities of women according to the Hebrew Bible's legal and ritual texts, and how archaeology and iconography can illustrate the texts of the Torah. Contributors include Sophie Demare-Lafont, Dorothea Erbele-Kuester, Karin Finsterbusch, Irmtraud Fischer, Mercedes Garcia Bachmann, Thomas Hieke, Carol Meyers, Mercedes Navarro Puerto, Jorunn Okland, Ursula Rapp, Donatella Scaiola, Silvia Schroer, Jopie Siebert-Hommes, and Adriana Valerio.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Leiden
Netherlands
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Laminated cover
Dimensions
Height: 235 mm
Width: 155 mm
Thickness: 34 mm
Weight
865 gr
ISBN-13
978-90-04-21973-1 (9789004219731)
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Persons
Irmtraud Fischer is a professor at the Institut fuer Alttestamentliche Bibelwissenschaft, Karl-Franzens-Universitaet Graz, Austria.
Mercedes Navarro Puerto is professor at the Escuela Feminista de Teologia de Andalucia and the Facultad de Filologia, Universidad de Sevilla, Spain.
Mercedes Navarro Puerto is professor at the Escuela Feminista de Teologia de Andalucia and the Facultad de Filologia, Universidad de Sevilla, Spain.
Content
Preface to the English Edition
Introduction-Women, Bible and Reception History: An International Project in Theology and Gender Studies
Jorunn Okland, Irmtraud Fischer, Mercedes Navarro Puerto, Adriana Valerio
Part 1: The Bible as a Document Arising within a Historical Epoch
Ancient Near Eastern Pictures as Keys to Biblical Texts
Silvia Schroer
Archaeology-A Window to the Lives of Israelite Women
Carol Meyers
The Status of Women in the Legal Texts of the Ancient Near East
Sophie Demare-Lafont
Torah and Canon: Challenges and Perspectives
Donatella Scaiola
Part 2: Women Texts and Gender-Relevant Issues in the Torah
Genealogy as a Means of Historical Representation in the Torah and the Role of Women in the Genealogical System
Thomas Hieke
Divine Image and Likeness: Women and Men in Genesis 1-3 as an Open System in the Context of Genesis 1-11
Mercedes Navarro Puerto
On the Significance of the "Women Texts" in the Ancestral Narratives
Irmtraud Fischer
Th e Female Saviors of Israel's Liberator: Twelve "Daughters" in Exodus 1 and 2
Jopie Siebert-Hommes
Zipporah: The Vanishing of a Wife
Ursula Rapp
Miriam, Primordial Political Figure in the Exodus
Mercedes Garcia Bachmann
Gender and Cult: "Pure" and "Impure" as Gender-Relevant Categories
Dorothea Erbele-Kuester
Women between Subordination and Independence: Reflections on Gender-Related Legal Texts of the Torah
Karin Finsterbusch
Bibliography
Contributors
Index of Ancient Sources
Introduction-Women, Bible and Reception History: An International Project in Theology and Gender Studies
Jorunn Okland, Irmtraud Fischer, Mercedes Navarro Puerto, Adriana Valerio
Part 1: The Bible as a Document Arising within a Historical Epoch
Ancient Near Eastern Pictures as Keys to Biblical Texts
Silvia Schroer
Archaeology-A Window to the Lives of Israelite Women
Carol Meyers
The Status of Women in the Legal Texts of the Ancient Near East
Sophie Demare-Lafont
Torah and Canon: Challenges and Perspectives
Donatella Scaiola
Part 2: Women Texts and Gender-Relevant Issues in the Torah
Genealogy as a Means of Historical Representation in the Torah and the Role of Women in the Genealogical System
Thomas Hieke
Divine Image and Likeness: Women and Men in Genesis 1-3 as an Open System in the Context of Genesis 1-11
Mercedes Navarro Puerto
On the Significance of the "Women Texts" in the Ancestral Narratives
Irmtraud Fischer
Th e Female Saviors of Israel's Liberator: Twelve "Daughters" in Exodus 1 and 2
Jopie Siebert-Hommes
Zipporah: The Vanishing of a Wife
Ursula Rapp
Miriam, Primordial Political Figure in the Exodus
Mercedes Garcia Bachmann
Gender and Cult: "Pure" and "Impure" as Gender-Relevant Categories
Dorothea Erbele-Kuester
Women between Subordination and Independence: Reflections on Gender-Related Legal Texts of the Torah
Karin Finsterbusch
Bibliography
Contributors
Index of Ancient Sources