Women in the Biblical World: A Study Guide, Vol. I
Ebook
"Women's history" has emerged as an independent discipline because women have been written out of the history of Western civilization as commonly taught and researched. Likewise, feminist interpretation of the Bible (often called feminist hermeneutics) grew out of the realization that conscious and unconscious sexism had often led scholars and students to ignore and even obscure the substantial role of women and womanhood in Hebrew Scripture. Women in the Biblical World provides scholars, clergy, seminarians, college students, and others with access to books and articles—both technical and semi-popular—that shed light on the role of women in Hebrew Scripture. The guide demonstrates that the study of women and womanhood in the biblical world has assumed special importance during the two great periods of struggle for women's rights—the 1890s and the last quarter of the 20th century. However, this guide also demonstrates that the public role of women and womanhood in the ancient Near East was so great that scholarship has never been able to ignore it.
That this volume represents a great effort and is a valuable guide to the literature is beyond question.
Besides citations to women and womanhood in the Hebrew Bible, the book surveys general works on women in antiquity, and women in ancient Egypt and among other societies of the Near East.
- Title: Women in the Biblical World: A Study Guide, Vol. I
- Author: Mayer I. Gruber
- Publisher: Scarecrow Press
- Print Publication Date: 1995
- Logos Release Date: 2021
- Language: English
- Resources: 1
- Format: Digital › Ebook
- ISBNs: 9781461727644, 9780810830691, 0810830698, 1461727642
- Resource ID: LLS:9781461727644
- Resource Type: Monograph
- Metadata Last Updated: 2024-03-22T22:57:42Z
Mayer I. Gruber is Associate Professor in the Department of the Bible & Ancient Near East at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev in Beersheva, Israel.