Women in the Biblical World

This volume features the most current research in feminist biblical scholarship. This collection will whet the reader's appetite for cutting-edge research and encourage a closer look at key biblical passages that discuss women. New insights, greater depth of understanding, and greater appreciation for women in the Bible will inevitably result.

Women in the Biblical World: A Survey of Old and New Testament Perspectives is a volume featuring the most current research in biblical scholarship. This collection will whet the reader's appetite for cutting-edge research and encourage a closer look at some of the familiar passages that may have been overlooked in the biblical text. New insights will be gained, a greater depth of understanding in the biblical text will be fostered, and a greater appreciation for women in the Bible will inevitably result from this unique compilation. Contributors featured in this volume have shared their papers in conference meetings at the regional or national levels at the Society of Biblical Literature or are already published authors as well as professors in biblical studies. Contributors: Lynn B.E. Jencks, Lee A. Johnson, Rev. Karen Fitz La Barge, William L. Lyons, Elizabeth A. McCabe, Julie Faith Parker, Victoria Phillips, Tammi J. Schneider, Hope Stephenson, Gail P.C. Streete

Chapter 1 Foreword
Chapter 2 Preface
Chapter 3 Acknowledgments
Chapter 4 About the Contributors
Chapter 5 Abbreviations
Chapter 6 1. Answers to Unresolved Questions: A Closer Look at Eve and Adam in Genesis 2-3
Chapter 7 2. A Biological Consideration for the Extended Period of Impurity after the Birth of a Daughter in Ancient Israel
Chapter 8 3. Rahab in Rehab: Christian Interpretation of the Madame from Jericho
Chapter 9 4. Achsah, the Raped Pîlege? , and the Book of Judges
Chapter 10 5. You are a Bible Child: Exploring the Lives of Children and Mothers through the Elisha Cycle
Chapter 11 6. Refusing the Syrophoenician Woman: The Disparate Perspectives of Jesus, Mark, and Feminist Critiques
Chapter 12 7. Blessing the First Birth: A Feminist Critical Reading of Like 11:27-28
Chapter 13 8. A Reevaluation of Phoebe in Romans 16:1-2 as aDiakonos andProstatis: Exposing the Inaccuracies of English Translations
Chapter 14 9. Junia: Woman and Apostle
Chapter 15 10. In Search of the Voice of Women in the Churches: Revisiting the Command to Silence Women in 1 Corinthians 14:34-35
Chapter 16 11. Bad Girls or Good Ascetics? The Gynaikaria of the Pastoral Epistles