A Feminist Companion to Wisdom and Psalms

Brief Description: Provides feminist approaches to the Psalms and Wisdom Literature from leading scholars of the Hebrew Bible and feminist hermeneutics. Biographical 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. Carole Fontaine is Professor of Hebrew Scriptures, Andover Newton Theological School, Newton Centre, Massachusetts. Marc Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [302]-320) and indexes. Table of Contents: Abbreviations/ List of Contributors/ Preface/ Introduction/ Part I/ In General/ "Roland E. Murphy"/ Wisdom and Creation/ Part II/ Wisdom Literature/ "Gerlinde Baumann"/ A Figure with Many Facets: The Literary and Theological Functions of Personified Wisdom in Proverbs 1-9/ "Alice Ogden Bellis"/ The Gender and Motives of the Wisdom Teacher in Proverbs 7/ "Christl Maier"/ Conflicting Attractions/ Parental Wisdom and the 'Strange Woman' in Proverbs 1-9/ "Eric S. Christianson"/ Qoheleth the 'Old Boy' and Qoheleth the 'New Man': Misogyny, the Womb and a Paradox in Ecclesiastes/ "Carole R. Fontaine"/ 'Many Devices' (Qoheleth 7.23-8.1): Qoheleth, Misogyny, and the "Malleus Maleficarum"/ "Brian B. Noonan"/ Wisdom Literature among the Witchmongers/ "Christl Maier and Silvia Schroer"/ What About Job? Questioning the Book of 'The Righteous Sufferer'/ "Sidnie White Crawford"/ Lady Wisdom and Dame Folly at Qumran/ "Ross S. Kraemer"/ Aseneth as Wisdom/ Part III/ Feminists Read the Psalms/ "Ulrike Bail"/ 'O God, hear my prayer': Psalm 55 and Violence against Women/ "Silvia Schroer"/ 'Under the Shadow of your Wings': The Metaphor of God's Wings in the Psalms. Exodus 19.4. Deuteronomy 32.11 and Malachi 3.20, as Seen through the Perspectives of Feminism and the History of Religion/ "Beth LaNeel Tanner"/ Hearing the Cries Unspoken: An Intertextual Feminist Reading of Psalm 109/ Bibliography/ Index of References/ Index of Authors

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. Contributor Bio:  Fontaine, Carole Carole Fontaine is Professor of Hebrew Scriptures, Andover Newton Theological School, Newton Centre, Massachusetts.