Women in Scripture: A Dictionary of Named and Unnamed Women in the Hebrew Bible, the Apocryphal/Deuterocanonical Books, and the New Testament - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0395709369 ISBN 13: 9780395709368

Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2000

Synopsis

A reference guide to the major and minor female characters in the Bible covers the prophets, poets, prostitutes, military heroines, musicians, wet nurses, and slave girls--named and mostly unnamed--who populate the Bible.

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This splendid reference describes every woman in Jewish and Christian scripture--with or without names--plus female dieties and personifications. The many "unnamed" women--identified by their husband or other family member, by their place or town, by their action, etc.--comprise the largest grouping in this comprehensive work and distinguish it from earlier treatments of biblical women. The succinct articles frequently unite women (e.g., when Noadiah is identified as one of four named female Hebrew prophets, the others are also named) or compare treatment of women in similar categories (e.g., women with bodily emissions in Leviticus and Ezekiel). Frequent cross-referencing and bibliographical suggestions enrich the entries. Useful essays on biblical scholarship, biblical literature, and biblical naming enhance the volume. Many books identify women in the Bible, but none is as comprehensive as this current and meticulous resource. A monumental reference work that resurrects women from anonymity, this is essential for all public, academic, and seminary libraries.
-Carolyn M. Craft, Longwood Coll., Farmville, VA
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Edition details

• Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
• Publication date: 2000
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0395709369
• ISBN 13: 9780395709368
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 592
• Editor: Meyers Carol L., Kraemer Ross S., Craven Toni