Feminist biblical interpretation : a compendium of critical commentary on the books of the Bible and related literature / edited by Luise Schottroff and Marie-Theres Wacker with the cooperation of Claudia Janssen and Beate Wehn ; Martin Rumscheidt, editor of the American edition ; translated by Lisa E. Dahill ... [and others]. [print]

Genesis 1-11 : the primordial history Helen Schungel-Straumann Genesis 12-50 : the story of Israel's origins as a women's story Irmtraud Fischer Exodus : the meaning of liberation from "his" perspective Susanne Scholz Leviticus : the ABC of creation Gerburgis Feld Numbers : on boundaries Ursula Rapp Deuteronomy : rights and justice for women in the law Angelika Engelmann Joshua : tradition and justice : women's share in the inheritance Kerstin Ulrich Judges : encoded messages to women J. Cheryl Exum Ruth : border crossings of two women in patriarchal society Ina Johanne Petermann (Batmartha) ; Books of Samuel : women at the center of Israel's history Ilse Mullner Books of Kings : images of women without women's reality Kyung Sook Lee Books of Chronicles : in the vestibule of women Marie-Theres Wacker Ezra and Nehemiah : the return of the others Christiane Karrer-Grube Esther : about resistance against anti-Semitism and sexism Klara Butting Job : questioning the book of the righteous sufferer Christl Maier and Silvia Schroer The Psalms : "who is speaking may be all that matters" / Ulrike Bail Proverbs : how feminine wisdom comes into being Christl Maier Qoheleth (Ecclesiastes) : man alone, without woman Kumiko Kato Song of Songs : polyphony of love Athalya Brenner Isaiah : the book of female metaphors Irmtraud Fischer Jeremiah : when wise wailing women and prophetic pornography show the way into exile Angela Bauer-Levesque Lamentations : Zion's cry in affliction Maria Hausl Ezekiel : male prophecy with female imagery Renate Jost and Elke Seifert Daniel : not counting women and children Ilse von Loewenclau Hosea : the God-identified man and the woman (women) Israel Marie-Theres Wacker Joel : God's self-justification Marie-Theres Wacker Amos : the truth is concrete Marie-Theres Wacker Obadiah : brother Edom Marie-Theres Wacker Jonah : the Jonah experience : for women too? / Maria Kassel Micah : call for justice : hope for all Sophia Bietenhard Nahum : the just God as sexual predator Gerlinde Baumann Habakkuk : a political night-prayer Ulrike Bail Zephaniah : or, the threefold Jerusalem Ulrike Bail Haggai and Zechariah : a new temple : new life for all Beate Schmidtgen Malachi : to the glory of God, the Father? / Marie-Theres Wacker --

1 Maccabees : women's existence at the edges of the text Claudia Rakel 2 Maccabees : the teaching of history Christine Gerber Tobit : a lesson marriage and family in the diaspora Helen Schungel-Straumann Judith : about a beauty who is not what she pretends to be Claudia Rakel Baruch : mail from distant shores Marie-Theres Wacker Sirach (Ecclesiasticus) : on the difficult relation between divine wisdom and real women in an androcentric document Angelika Strotmann Wisdom : an example of Jewish intercultural theology Silvia Schroer 4 Ezra : on the struggle for new life, the time that is being fulfilled, and the transformation of the earth (2 Esdras 3-14) / Luzia Sutter Rehmann Joseph and Aseneth : perfect bride or heavenly prophetess Angela Standhartinger Testament of Job : Job, Dinah, and their daughters Luzia Sutter Rehmann Testaments of the Twelve Patriarchs : how men use power Renate Kirchhoff --

Gospel of Matthew : Jewish-Christian churches in opposition to the Pax Romana Martina S. Gnadt Gospel of Mark : women as true disciples of Jesus Monika Fander Gospel of Luke : the humbled will be lifted up Claudia Janssen and Regene Lamb Gospel of John : spaces for women Ruth Habermann Acts of the Apostles : looking forward and looking back Ivoni Richter Reimer Romans : a feminist reading Elsa Tamez 1 Corinthians : how freedom comes to be Luise Schottroff 2 Corinthians : sacrificing difference for unity Carline Vander Stichele Galatians : on discomfort about gender and other problems of otherness Brigitte Kahl Ephesians : community spirit and conservative values as survival strategies in the churches of Asia Minor Helga Melzer-Keller Philippians : lifting up those who have been put down Sheila Briggs Colossians : the origin of the table of household duties Angela Standhartiger 1 Thessalonians : opposing death by building community Jutta Bickmann 2 Thessalonians : hope in God's just judgment Marlene Crusemann Pastoral Epistles : a tamed Paul : domesticated women Ulrike Wagener Philemon : a reading under Apphia's critical eyes Sabine Bieberstein Hebrews : strangers in the world Ulrike Wagener James : conflict about the way of justice Irene Dannemann 1 Peter : survival strategies for harried communities Irene Foulkes 2 Peter : guideposts for the godly life Irene Foulkes Letters of John Kerstin Ruoff Jude : the implications of feminist reading Ruth Anne Reese Revelation : inspirations from Patmos Luzia Sutter Rehmann The story of Thecla : apostle between fiction and reality Anne Jensen Acts of Xanthippe, Polyxena, and Rebecca : or, three women and two lionesses Irene Dannemann Gospel of Mary : Mary Magdelene as beloved disciple and representative of Jesus Judith Hartenstein and Silke Petersen Gospel of Thomas : early Christian traditions about women disciples of Jesus : or, Mary Magdalene becomes male Judith Hartenstein and Silke Petersen Shepherd of Hermas : being enticed into conversion in the erotic church of Sophia Ulrike Auga Gospel of Peter : a female disciple of the Lord and her female friends Caroline Vander Stichele Protevangelium of James : God's story goes on Bettina Eltrop and Claudia Janssen.

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