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No Longer Be Silent » (1st ed)

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Authors: Cheryl Anne Brown
ISBN-13: 9780664252946, ISBN-10: 066425294X
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Westminster John Knox Press
Date Published: March 1992
Edition: 1st ed

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Author Biography: Cheryl Anne Brown

Book Synopsis

This series brings to a wide audience important new discoveries concerning relationships of women and men in the Bible, ancient Israel, early Judaism, and early Christianity. The books explore the role of gender within the biblical tradition and document its continuing influence on subsequent life and thought. The books emphasize literary and historical methods as well as anthropological, archaeological, and linguistic approaches to biblical characters, gendered imagery, and the history of biblical interpretation. The books are based on thorough scholarship and can be read with pleasure by all serious readers.

Table of Contents

Preface7
Abbreviations10
Introduction11
1Deborah39
2Jephthah's Daughter93
3Hannah140
4The Witch of Endor181
5Summary of the Portrayal of Women in Biblical Antiquities and Jewish Antiquities212
Bibliography221
Index236

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