Voices long silenced: Women Biblical Interpreters through the Centuries
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.
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| Format: | Electronic Book |
| Language: | English |
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Louisville, KY
Presbyterian Publishing Corporation
2022
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| In: | Year: 2022 |
| Reviews: | [Rezension von: Schroeder, Joy A., Voices long silenced : Women Biblical Interpreters through the Centuries] (2023) (Peeler, Amy L. B.)
[Rezension von: Schroeder, Joy A., Voices long silenced : Women Biblical Interpreters through the Centuries] (2023) (Brobst-Renaud, Amanda) [Rezension von: Schroeder, Joy A., Voices long silenced : Women Biblical Interpreters through the Centuries] (2022) (Loades, Ann, 1938 - 2022) |
| IxTheo Classification: | HA Bible |
| Further subjects: | B
Electronic books
B Women Biblical scholars |
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| Summary: | 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. Intro -- Endorsements -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: Restore Me That Am Lost -- List of Abbreviations -- 1. Melania's Lost Notebooks: Retrieving the Voices of Jewish and Christian Women in Late Antiquity -- Ancient Women's Access to Scripture -- Beruriah and the Door Latch: Echoes of Ancient Jewish Women's Voices -- Word, Spirit, and Power: The New Prophecy Movement -- Crushing the Head of the Serpent: Perpetua's Visionary Biblical Interpretation -- Interpreting Scripture through Pilgrimage: Egeria's Diary -- Proba and Eudocia: Word-Stitching Biblical Stories -- Paula and Marcella: Scholarly Women in Jerome's Circle -- Monuments, Patronage, and Artistic Commissioning as Biblical Interpretation -- Echoes and Fragments: Possibilities and Limits for Retrieving a Lost Heritage -- 2. A Small Sound of the Trumpet: Female Interpreters in the Middle Ages -- Finding Their Voices: Christian Wives, Widows, and Mothers -- Studying Scripture in Medieval Convents: Folly or Wisdom? -- The Nun with the Blue Teeth: Female Scribes and Transmission of Sacred Texts -- Vision and Imagination: Western European Nuns as Biblical Interpreters -- Luminous Words and Blazing Fires: Writings by Tertiaries and Beguines -- Blessed Be Our Mother Jesus: Julian the Anchoress -- Interrogating Margery Kempe: Women's Words and Medieval Anti-Judaism -- Redeeming Eve: Byzantine Christian Hymn Writers, Poets, Nuns, and Princesses -- "I, Kapenê, Daughter of the Priest": Christian Women in Medieval Nubia -- Purity, Piety, and Rebellion: Glimpses of Jewish Women's Religious Practice -- Educated Daughters: Female Jewish Scribes and Scholars -- Bold Daughters of Eve: Interpreting the Bible in the Middle Ages -- 3. Not Women's Chitchat but the Word of God: Women in the Reformation Era -- Female Pamphleteers and the Printing Press. |
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| ISBN: | 1646982312 |