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A feminist companion to Ruth [electronic resource] / edited by Athalya Brenner.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Feminist companion to the Bible ; 3.Publication details: Sheffield, England : Sheffield Academic Press, c1993.Description: 1 online resource (220 p.)ISBN:
  • 9780567348265 (electronic bk.)
  • 0567348261 (electronic bk.)
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Feminist companion to Ruth.DDC classification:
  • 222.3506 22
LOC classification:
  • BS1315.2 .F46 1993eb
Online resources:
Contents:
The Book of Ruth / Elizabeth Cady Stanton -- Ruth: the discourse of power and the power of discourse / Ilona Rashkow -- Heroism and proper names, or the fruits of analogy / Mieke Bal -- Naomi and Ruth / Athalya Brenner -- Returning home: Ruth 1.8 and the gendering of the Book of Ruth / Carol Meyers -- Female companionships: if the Book of Ruth were written by a woman ... / Adrien J. Bledstein -- Ruth: a product of women's culture? / Fokkelien van Dijk-Hemmes -- Naomi and Ruth: further reflections / Athalya Brenner -- A thematic approach to Ruth in rabbinic literature / Leila Leah Bronner -- Ruth according to Ephrem the Syrian / Jane Richardson Jensen -- Ruth and the women of Bethlehem / Zefira Gitay -- Ruth / Cynthia Ozick.
Summary: 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.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [215]-220).

The Book of Ruth / Elizabeth Cady Stanton -- Ruth: the discourse of power and the power of discourse / Ilona Rashkow -- Heroism and proper names, or the fruits of analogy / Mieke Bal -- Naomi and Ruth / Athalya Brenner -- Returning home: Ruth 1.8 and the gendering of the Book of Ruth / Carol Meyers -- Female companionships: if the Book of Ruth were written by a woman ... / Adrien J. Bledstein -- Ruth: a product of women's culture? / Fokkelien van Dijk-Hemmes -- Naomi and Ruth: further reflections / Athalya Brenner -- A thematic approach to Ruth in rabbinic literature / Leila Leah Bronner -- Ruth according to Ephrem the Syrian / Jane Richardson Jensen -- Ruth and the women of Bethlehem / Zefira Gitay -- Ruth / Cynthia Ozick.

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.

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