Hillel I. Millgram

Four Biblical Heroines and the Case for Female Authorship

An Analysis of the Women of Ruth, Esther and Genesis 38

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Produktbeschreibung

This work examines the lives of four female characters in the Bible: Naomi, Ruth, Tamar and Esther. Their stories differ significantly from those of most female Biblical characters in that each woman is depicted without a dominant male companion and each is featured in the Bible's more secular texts. The author evaluates each character's role as a female protagonist, and demonstrates how each story represents an innovative view of religion and a revisionist evaluation of women's roles. Finally, the author proposes that these narratives may have been authored by women. Appendices provide additional information about Boaz, Judah and Tamar, Greek versions of the Book of Esther, Mordecai's decree, and literacy in ancient Israel. Includes a glossary and timeline.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: McFarland
• Seitenzahl: 280
• Erscheinungstermin: 5. September 2007
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 254mm x 178mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 532g
• ISBN-13: 9780786430819
• ISBN-10: 0786430818
• Artikelnr.: 23018341

Autorenporträt

Hillel I. Millgram, ordained at the Jewish Theological Seminary of America, lives in Israel. He combines research and writing with teaching graduate courses in the Bible.

Inhaltsangabe

Table of Contents
Preface and Acknowledgments     
Abbreviations Used in the Text      xiii
Introduction     
PART I. IN THE BEGINNING
1. A Woman's Tale: An Introduction to the Book of Ruth     
2. The Exiles     
3. Amid the Alien Corn     
4. The Winning of Boaz     
5. At Bethlehem's Gate     
6. What Means This Tale?     
7. Tamar     
PART II. STRANGERS IN A STRANGE LAND: ESTHER, A TRAGI-COMEDY IN THREE ACTS
8. Understanding Esther: An Introduction     
Act I: The Women in His Life
9. Party Time in Old Persia, or Lessons on How to Run an Empire     
10. The Substitute     
Act II: The War Against the Jews
11. Prologue: The Night of the Assassins     
12. The Man Who Would Not Bow     
13. The War Commences     
Act III: Fighting for Their Lives
14. In the Valley of the Shadow: Looking into the Abyss     
15. Interlude: The Theater of the Absurd     
16. Esther Triumphant     
17. Reversing the Engine     
18. Judgment Day     
19. Thou Shalt Not Forget!     
Conclusion
20. The Dark Vision     
21. The Hidden Hand     
PART III. SUMMING UP
22. Thinking Outside the Box     
Appendix I. From Whom Did Boaz Buy the Field?     
Appendix II. Can Judah and Tamar Be Fitted into the Joseph Narrative?     
Appendix III. It's Greek to Me: The Greek Versions of Esther     
Appendix IV. Mordecai's Decree: A Technical Interlude     
Appendix V. But Could She Read? The Question of Literacy in Ancient Israel
     
Timeline: Putting Things in Perspective     
Glossary of Terms, Place Names, and Persons     
Selected Bibliography     
Biblical Verses Index     
General Index