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Word Guild 2012 Canadian Christian Writing Award Honorable Mention,
The Grace Irwin Prize (2013) 2012 Book of the Year Award, Foreword
Magazine The history of women interpreters of the Bible is a
neglected area of study. Marion Taylor presents a one-volume
reference tool that introduces readers to a wide array of women
interpreters of the Bible from the entire history of Christianity.
Her research has implications for understanding biblical
interpretation--especially the history of interpretation--and
influencing contemporary study of women and the Bible.
Contributions by 130 top scholars introduce foremothers of the
faith who address issues of interpretation that continue to be
relevant to faith communities today, such as women's roles in the
church and synagogue and the idea of religious feminism. Women's
interpretations also raise awareness about differences in the ways
women and men may read the Scriptures in light of differences in
their life experiences. This handbook will prove useful to
ministers as well as to students of the Bible, who will be
inspired, provoked, and challenged by the women introduced here.
The volume will also provide a foundation for further detailed
research and analysis. Interpreters include Elizabeth Rice
Achtemeier, Saint Birgitta of Sweden, Catherine Mumford Booth, Anne
Bradstreet, Catherine of Siena, Clare of Assisi, Egeria, Elizabeth
I, Hildegard, Julian of Norwich, Therese of Lisieux, Marcella,
Henrietta C. Mears, Florence Nightingale, Phoebe Palmer, Faltonia
Betitia Proba, Pandita Ramabai, Christina Georgina Rossetti,
Dorothy Leigh Sayers, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Harriet Beecher
Stowe, St. Teresa of Avila, Sojourner Truth, and Susanna Wesley.
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Ruth, Esther (Hardcover)
Marion Ann Taylor; Edited by (general) Tremper Longman III
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R550
Discovery Miles 5 500
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Ships in 12 - 17 working days
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A new commentary for today's world, The Story of God Bible
Commentary explains and illuminates each passage of Scripture in
light of the Bible's grand story. The first commentary series to do
so, SGBC offers a clear and compelling exposition of biblical
texts, guiding everyday readers in how to creatively and faithfully
live out the Bible in their own contexts. Its story-centric
approach is ideal for pastors, students, Sunday school teachers,
and laypeople alike. Each volume employs three main, easy-to-use
sections designed to help readers live out God's story: LISTEN to
the Story: Includes complete NIV text with references to other
texts at work in each passage, encouraging the reader to hear it
within the Bible's grand story. EXPLAIN the Story: Explores and
illuminates each text as embedded in its canonical and historical
setting. LIVE the Story: Reflects on how each text can be lived
today and includes contemporary stories and illustrations to aid
preachers, teachers, and students. -Ruth, Esther- The book of Ruth
presents a compelling account of how most of us experience God in
our everyday lives. We see God working indirectly behind the
scenes, giving us a theology of divine and human cooperation, as
those who pray for God's blessings participate in answering their
own petitions as well as the prayers of others. In Esther's story,
we recognize our own world today, often experiencing it as a place
where God seems hidden. Her book challenges us in unique ways.
Edited by Scot McKnight and Tremper Longman III, and written by a
number of top-notch theologians, The Story of God Bible Commentary
series will bring relevant, balanced, and clear-minded theological
insight to any biblical education or ministry.
This volume gathers the writings of 31 nineteenth century women on
the stories of women in the Gospels. Recovering and analysing
neglected works by Christina Rossetti, Harriet Beecher Stowe,
Elizabeth Wordsworth, and many others, Women in the Story of Jesus
illuminates the biblical text, recovers an overlooked chapter of
reception history, and helps us understand and apply Scripture in
our present context. Each chapter focuses on a different biblical
woman and includes the various genres that nineteenth-century women
used to write about women in the Gospels - commentaries, Scripture
biographies, essays, travel diaries, children's lessons, and
sermons. Editors Marion Ann Taylor and Heather E. Weir provide both
a general introduction to each chapter and a short introduction to
each individual excerpt that discusses the author and the larger
work from which the excerpt is taken.
This volume gathers the writings of thirty-five nineteenth-century
women on the stories of women in Joshua and Judges. Recovering and
analyzing neglected works by Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Harriet
Beecher Stowe, and many others, Women of War, Women of Woe
illuminates the biblical text, recovers a neglected chapter of
reception history, and helps us understand and apply Scripture in
our present context. The stories of Rahab, Deborah, Jael, Delilah,
Manoah's wife, Achsah, Jephthah's daughter, and the Levite's
concubine raised thorny questions for these female biblical
interpreters - questions that they addressed candidly in their
writings. Could a Victorian woman use her intelligence to negotiate
like Rahab? Was the seemingly well-educated Deborah an appropriate
role model? Or did Jephthah's daughter more correctly model a pious
woman's life as she meekly submitted to the will of her
sword-wielding father? The voices collected in this book offer
thoughtful reflection on and responses to these questions and more.
Hundreds of women studied and interpreted the Bible between the
years 100-2000 CE, but their stories have remained largely untold.
In this book, Schroeder and Taylor introduce readers to the notable
contributions of female commentators through the centuries. They
unearth fascinating accounts of Jewish and Christian women from
diverse communities-rabbinic experts, nuns, mothers, mystics,
preachers, teachers, suffragists, and household managers-who
interpreted Scripture through their writings. This book recounts
the struggles and achievements of women who gained access to
education and biblical texts. It tells the story of how their
interpretive writings were preserved or, all too often, lost. It
also explores how, in many cases, women interpreted Scripture
differently from the men of their times. Consequently, Voices Long
Silenced makes an important, new contribution to biblical reception
history. This book focuses on women's written words and briefly
comments on women's interpretation in media, such as music, visual
arts, and textile arts. It includes short, representative excerpts
from diverse women's own writings that demonstrate noteworthy
engagement with Scripture. Voices Long Silencedcalls on scholars
and religious communities to recognize the contributions of women,
past and present, who interpreted Scripture, preached, taught, and
exercised a wide variety of ministries in churches and synagogues.
The women of Genesis - Eve, Sarah, Hagar, Rebekah, Leah, and Rachel
- intrigued and informed the lives of nineteenth-century women.
These women read the biblical stories for themselves and looked for
ways to expand, reinforce, or challenge the traditional
understanding of women's lives. They communicated their readings of
Genesis using diverse genres ranging from poetry to commentary.
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