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Womanist Midrash : A Reintroduction to the Women of the Torah and the Throne / Wilda C. Gafney. [print]

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Louisville, Kentucky : Westminster John Knox Press, [(c)2017.Description: xi, 323 pages ; 23 cmContent type:
  • text
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  • unmediated
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  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780664239039
  • 066423903X
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  • BS1181.8.W663
  • BS1181.8.G131.W663
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Contents:
Introduction: women of the Torah and the throne ; Prologue: you're invited t supper (or, is this book for you?) ; womanist Midrash ; Womanist framework ; Text selection - Overview and format ; Hearing the word: toward proclamation ; Selected reference works.
PennsylvaniaRT I: WOMANIST MichiganDRASH ON THE TORAH Genesis ; Before beginning: God-whose-name-is-too-holy-to-be-pronounced ; Torah: she is a tree of life ; In beginning, a beginning ; The first woman ; Mother Chavah (Eve) ; Adah, Zillah, and Na'amah bat Zillah ; Sarah (Formerly known as Sarai) ; Hagar ; Rivqah (Rebekah) ; Qeturah (Keturah) ; Abraham's lesser wives ; Rachel ; Leah ; Bilhah ; Zilpah ; Asenath ; Special section: the Torah of enslaved women ; Resources on Biblical slavery ; Exodus: these are not all the names ; Shiphrah and Puah ; Yocheved (Jochebed) ; Miryam (Miriam) ; A pharaonic princess ; Consecrated firstborn daughters ; Women in the commandments ; Daughter for sale ; Leviticus: the heart of Torah ; Women who give birth ; Women with a skin disease ; Sexually active women ; Women who do sex-work ; Women who commit adultery ; Shelomith bat Divri (Dibri) Number: Exodus, Part 2 Diseased women ; Miryam (Miriam) returns ; Women of Moab ; Cozbi bat Tzur ; Women of Midian ; Mahlah, Noah, Hoglah, Milcah and Tirzah, the daughters of Zelophehad ; Serach bat Asher ; Women of Gad and Reuben ; Deuteronomy: Torah reenvisioned ; Captive women ; Stubborn and rebillious daughter ; Slandered chaste woman ; The last words of Torah ; Resources on Torah ; Translations of the Bible.
PennsylvaniaRT II: WOMANIST MichiganDRASH ON WOMEN OF TH THRONE Chapter counting queens ; Major royal women of Israel ; Major royal women of Judah ; Overshadowed by Saul --- Ahinoam bat Ahimaaz, Saul's wife ; Merav (Merab) bat Ahinoam, Saul's daughter ; Michal bat Ahinoam ; Rizpah, Saul's secondary wife ; Dominated by David ; Avigayil (Abigail) - Ahinoam of Jezreel ; Maacah, Haggith, Abital, Eglah ; Bathsheba ; Anonymous women ; Avishag (Abishag) the Shunamite ; Mother and sisters (Zeruiah and abigail) of David ; Daughters of David ; Tamar bat David ; Granddaughters of David ; Israel's maligned queens ; Zeruah ; Izevel (Jezebel) ; Excursus: Asherah ; Royal women of Judah ; Naamah the Ammonite ; Micaiah bat Uriel ; Maacha bat Absalom ; Azubah bat Shilhi ; Athaliah bat Omri, the queen-king ; Zibiah of Beer-sheba ; Jehoaddin of Jerusalem ; Jecoliah of Jerusalem ; Jerusha bat Zadok ; Interregnum: a missing queen mother ; Abi/Abijah bat Zechariah ; Hephzibah ; Meshullemeth bat Haruz of Jotbah ; Jedidah bat Adaiah ; Hamutal bat Jeremiah ; Zebidah bat Pedaiah ; Nehushta bat Elnathan ; Hamutal, Redux ; The last queen mother: a requiem ; Last princesses of Judah ; Queens to the end.
Summary: Womanist Midrash is an in-depth and creative exploration of the well- and lesser-known women of the Hebrew Scriptures. Using her own translations, Gafney offers a midrashic interpretation of the biblical text that is rooted in the African American preaching tradition to tell the stories of a variety of female characters, many of whom are often overlooked and nameless. Gafney employs a solid understanding of womanist and feminist approaches to biblical interpretation and the sociohistorical culture of the ancient Near East. This unique and imaginative work is grounded in serious scholarship and will expand conversations about feminist and womanist biblical interpretation. https://www.amazon.com/Womanist-Midrash-Reintroduction-Women-Throne/dp/066423903X/ref=sxts_b2b_sx_reorder?cv_ct_cx=9780664239039&dchild=1&keywords=9780664239039&pd_rd_i=066423903X&pd_rd_r=d6f7fa18-1228-4d1f-81e6-17a6f52a3428&pd_rd_w=32RWH&pd_rd_wg=DbaG7&pf_rd_p=55e3f870-f610-46d5-a6bd-2adc9a5c4c7c&pf_rd_r=KA5DYE08DB5BBH7QVYRH&qid=1597254490&s=books&sr=1-1-f5ebfd8e-82c1-4b4e-97d5-2aa47aa18b69
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Introduction: women of the Torah and the throne ; Prologue: you're invited t supper (or, is this book for you?) ; womanist Midrash ; Womanist framework ; Text selection - Overview and format ; Hearing the word: toward proclamation ; Selected reference works.

PennsylvaniaRT I: WOMANIST MichiganDRASH ON THE TORAH Genesis ; Before beginning: God-whose-name-is-too-holy-to-be-pronounced ; Torah: she is a tree of life ; In beginning, a beginning ; The first woman ; Mother Chavah (Eve) ; Adah, Zillah, and Na'amah bat Zillah ; Sarah (Formerly known as Sarai) ; Hagar ; Rivqah (Rebekah) ; Qeturah (Keturah) ; Abraham's lesser wives ; Rachel ; Leah ; Bilhah ; Zilpah ; Asenath ; Special section: the Torah of enslaved women ; Resources on Biblical slavery ; Exodus: these are not all the names ; Shiphrah and Puah ; Yocheved (Jochebed) ; Miryam (Miriam) ; A pharaonic princess ; Consecrated firstborn daughters ; Women in the commandments ; Daughter for sale ; Leviticus: the heart of Torah ; Women who give birth ; Women with a skin disease ; Sexually active women ; Women who do sex-work ; Women who commit adultery ; Shelomith bat Divri (Dibri) Number: Exodus, Part 2 Diseased women ; Miryam (Miriam) returns ; Women of Moab ; Cozbi bat Tzur ; Women of Midian ; Mahlah, Noah, Hoglah, Milcah and Tirzah, the daughters of Zelophehad ; Serach bat Asher ; Women of Gad and Reuben ; Deuteronomy: Torah reenvisioned ; Captive women ; Stubborn and rebillious daughter ; Slandered chaste woman ; The last words of Torah ; Resources on Torah ; Translations of the Bible.

PennsylvaniaRT II: WOMANIST MichiganDRASH ON WOMEN OF TH THRONE Chapter counting queens ; Major royal women of Israel ; Major royal women of Judah ; Overshadowed by Saul --- Ahinoam bat Ahimaaz, Saul's wife ; Merav (Merab) bat Ahinoam, Saul's daughter ; Michal bat Ahinoam ; Rizpah, Saul's secondary wife ; Dominated by David ; Avigayil (Abigail) - Ahinoam of Jezreel ; Maacah, Haggith, Abital, Eglah ; Bathsheba ; Anonymous women ; Avishag (Abishag) the Shunamite ; Mother and sisters (Zeruiah and abigail) of David ; Daughters of David ; Tamar bat David ; Granddaughters of David ; Israel's maligned queens ; Zeruah ; Izevel (Jezebel) ; Excursus: Asherah ; Royal women of Judah ; Naamah the Ammonite ; Micaiah bat Uriel ; Maacha bat Absalom ; Azubah bat Shilhi ; Athaliah bat Omri, the queen-king ; Zibiah of Beer-sheba ; Jehoaddin of Jerusalem ; Jecoliah of Jerusalem ; Jerusha bat Zadok ; Interregnum: a missing queen mother ; Abi/Abijah bat Zechariah ; Hephzibah ; Meshullemeth bat Haruz of Jotbah ; Jedidah bat Adaiah ; Hamutal bat Jeremiah ; Zebidah bat Pedaiah ; Nehushta bat Elnathan ; Hamutal, Redux ; The last queen mother: a requiem ; Last princesses of Judah ; Queens to the end.

Womanist Midrash is an in-depth and creative exploration of the well- and lesser-known women of the Hebrew Scriptures. Using her own translations, Gafney offers a midrashic interpretation of the biblical text that is rooted in the African American preaching tradition to tell the stories of a variety of female characters, many of whom are often overlooked and nameless. Gafney employs a solid understanding of womanist and feminist approaches to biblical interpretation and the sociohistorical culture of the ancient Near East. This unique and imaginative work is grounded in serious scholarship and will expand conversations about feminist and womanist biblical interpretation. Link to source of summary

https://www.amazon.com/Womanist-Midrash-Reintroduction-Women-Throne/dp/066423903X/ref=sxts_b2b_sx_reorder?cv_ct_cx=9780664239039&dchild=1&keywords=9780664239039&pd_rd_i=066423903X&pd_rd_r=d6f7fa18-1228-4d1f-81e6-17a6f52a3428&pd_rd_w=32RWH&pd_rd_wg=DbaG7&pf_rd_p=55e3f870-f610-46d5-a6bd-2adc9a5c4c7c&pf_rd_r=KA5DYE08DB5BBH7QVYRH&qid=1597254490&s=books&sr=1-1-f5ebfd8e-82c1-4b4e-97d5-2aa47aa18b69

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Wil Gafney is Associate Professor of Hebrew Bible at Brite Divinity School in Fort Worth, Texas. She is the author of Daughters of Miriam: Women Prophets in Ancient Israel and coeditor of The People's Bible and The People's Companion to the Bible. Visit her website at wilgafney.com.

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