TY - BOOK AU - Newsom,Carol A. AU - Ringe,Sharon H. AU - TI - Women's Bible commentary SN - 9780664257811 AV - BS491 PY - 1998/// CY - Louisville, Kentucky PB - Westminster John Knox Press KW - Bible KW - Commentaries KW - Women KW - Middle East KW - History KW - Rome N1 - 1; Introduction to the Expanded Edition; Carol A. Newsom and Sharon H. Ringe --; When Women Interpret the Bible; Sharon H. Ringe --; Genesis; Susan Niditch --; Exodus; Drorah O'Donnel Setel --; Leviticus; Judith Romney Wegner --; Numbers; Katharine Doob Sakenfeld --; Deuteronomy; Tikva Frymer-Kensky --; Joshua; Danna Nolan Fewell --; Judges; Danna Nolan Fewell --; Ruth; Amy-Jill Levine --; 1 and 2 Samuel; Jo Ann Hackett --; 1 and 2 Kings; Claudia V. Camp --; 1 and 2 Chronicles; Alice L. Laffey --; Ezra-Nehemiah; Tamara Cohn Eskenazi --; Esther; Sidnie Ann White Crawford --; Job; Carol A. Newsom --; Psalms; Kathleen A. Farmer --; Proverbs; Carole R. Fontaine --; Ecclesiastes; Carole R. Fontaine --; Song of Songs; Renita J. Weems --; Isaiah; Susan Ackerman --; Jeremiah; Kathleen M. O'Connor --; Lamentations; Kathleen M. O'Connor --; Ezekiel; Katheryn Pfisterer Darr --; Daniel; Carol A. Newsom --; Hosea; Gale A. Yee --; Joel; Beth Glazier-McDonald; 2 N2 - In The Women's Bible Commentary, an outstanding group of women scholars introduced and summarized each book of the Bible and commented on those sections of each book that have particular relevance to women, focusing on female characters, symbols, life situations such as marriage and family, the legal status of women, and religious principles that affect relationships of women and men; Now, this expanded edition provides similar insights on the Apocrypha, presenting a significant view of the lives and religious experiences of women as well as attitudes toward women in the Second Temple period ER -