Alice Ogden Bellis, Helpmates, Harlots, and Heroes: Women’s Stories in the Hebrew Bible

Bibliographical details: Bellis, A. O. (2007). Helpmates, Harlots, and Heroes: Women’s Stories in the Hebrew Bible. 2nd ed. Louisville, KY: Westminster John Knox Press. Publisher’s information: ‘In this significantly updated second edition, Alice Ogden Bellis continues to provide a broad and balanced sampling of feminist interpretations of the sweep of women characters in the Old [...]

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Gordon McConville, The Old Testament

Bibliographical details: McConville, J. G. (1996). The Old Testament. Teach Yourself Books. London: Hodder & Stoughton. Publisher’s information: The Bible has had a profound effect on the whole of Western culture – through the religions of Judaism, Christianity and Islam, and also through literature and art. It has been the often unrecognised inspiration behind many [...]

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Richard Coggins, Introducing the Old Testament

Bibliographical details: Coggins, R. J. (2001). Introducing the Old Testament. Oxford Bible Series, 2nd ed. Oxford: Oxford University Press. Publisher’s information: Traditionally, study of the Old Testament has been dominated by the ‘historical-critical method’. However, in recent years, people have asked whether this approach is the only valid one and alternative understandings have been explored. [...]

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J. Cheryl Exum, Fragmented Women: Feminist (Sub)Versions of Biblical Narratives

Bibliographical details: Exum, J. C. (1993). Fragmented Women: Feminist (Sub)Versions of Biblical Narratives. Journal for the Study of the Old Testament Supplement Series, vol. 163. Sheffield: JSOT Press. Table of contents: Preface … 9 One: Murder They Wrote … 16 Two: Michal: The Whole Story … 42 Three: Samson’s Women … 61 Four: The (M)other’s [...]

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