From the Margins 1: Women of the Hebrew Bible and Their Afterlives
Published: Apr 2009
£40.00
Biblical women who are given only a few lines in the Bible, who are named only as the wife or sister or child of a man, can nonetheless play pivotal roles and cast long shadows. This volume brings together scholars, writers and art historians, who probe texts and trace reception history in exegesis, midrash, literature and the visual arts as they breathe life again into these biblical characters.
A companion volume is entitled From the Margins 2: Women of the New Testament and their Afterlives.
From the Margins 1: Women of the Hebrew Bible and Their Afterlives
£40.00
Biblical women who are given only a few lines in the Bible, who are named only as the wife or sister or child of a man, can nonetheless play pivotal roles and cast long shadows. This volume brings together scholars, writers and art historians, who probe texts and trace reception history in exegesis, midrash, literature and the visual arts as they breathe life again into these biblical characters.
A companion volume is entitled From the Margins 2: Women of the New Testament and their Afterlives.