Feminist Companion to Ruth

Brief Description: This volume is part of a series which provides a fundamental resource for feminist biblical scholarship, containing a comprehensive selection of essays, both reprinted and specially written for the series, by leading feminist scholars. 'An enterprising series of collections of important and pioneering studies.... Those teaching feminist courses will find the books invaluable as a resource for students.' C. S. Rodd, Expository Times. Table of Contents: Acknowledgements/ Abbreviations/ Athalya Brenner"/ Introduction/ Part I/ Gendered Reading Perspectives/ Elizabeth Caddy Stanton"/ The Book of Ruth/ Ilona Rashkow"/ Ruth: The Discourse of Power and the Power of Discourse/ Mieke Bal"/ Heroism and Proper Names, Or the Fruits of Analogy/ Athalya Brenner"/ Naomi and Ruth/ Carol Meyers"/ Returning Home: Ruth 1.8 and the Gendering of the Book of Ruth/ Part II/ Gendered Authorship?/ Adrien J. Bledstein"/ Female Companionship: If the Book of Ruth were Written by a Woman/ Fokkelien Van Dijk-Hemmes"/ Ruth: A Product of Women's Culture?/ Athalya Brenner"/ Naomi and Ruth: Further Reflections/ Part III/ On Some Ancient Comments/ Leila Leah Bronner"/ A The Thematic Approach to Ruth in Rabbinic Literature/ Jane Richardson Jenson"/ Ruth According to Ephrem the Syrian/ Part IV/ Comments in Art/ Zefira Gitay"/ Ruth and the Women of Bethlehem/ Cynthia Ozick"/ Ruth/ BibliographyBiographical Note: Athalya Brenner is Professor of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament in the Department of Theology and Religious Studies, University of Amsterdam, and Rosalyn and Manny Rosenthal Distinguished Professor-in-Residence of Hebrew Bible at Brite Divinity School, Fort Worth, Texas. Marc Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [215]-220).

Contributor Bio:  Brenner, Athalya Athalya Brenner is Professor of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament in the Department of Theology and Religious Studies, University of Amsterdam, and Rosalyn and Manny Rosenthal Distinguished Professor-in-Residence of Hebrew Bible at Brite Divinity School, Fort Worth, Texas.