Volume 2 of Women in the Biblical World: A Survey of Old and New Testament Perspectives encompasses the latest research in feminist biblical scholarship. New angles of interpretation and fresh perspectives regarding often overlooked biblical women will be gained from the pages of this volume. This volume focuses on such women as Tamar, Deborah, Manoah's wife, Queen Vashti, and Job's wife. Attention is also given to socio-historical backgrounds lurking behind the biblical text (such as women in Greco-Roman education and syncretism in Ephesus), demonstrating how these backgrounds directly influenced the writings about women. Some emphasis on contemporary application is also stressed regarding problematic passages, such as 1 Corinthians 11:2-16. This multi-faceted approach to women in the Bible will prove to be invigorating, refreshing, and enlightening for all to read.

What were the lives of women and men like in ancient Israel? How does it affect their thinking about gender? Recent discussions of "biblical womanhood and manhood" tend to reflect our current concepts of masculinity and femininity, and less so the lived world of the biblical authors. In fact, gender does not often appear to be a noteworthy issue in Scripture at all, except in practical matters. Nonetheless, Genesis 1 invests the image of God itself with "male and female," making sex central to what it means to be human. Instead of working out gender through Genesis's creation and Paul's household codes, we want to ask: What was life like on an ancient Israelite farmstead, in a Second Temple synagogue, or in a Roman household in Ephesus? Who ran things in the home, in the village, in the cities? Who had influence and social power, and how did they employ it? Taking insights from anthropology and archaeology, the authors of this collection paint a dynamic portrait of gender in antiquity that has been put into conversation with the biblical texts. The Biblical World of Gender explores gender "backstage" in the daily lives and assumptions of the biblical authors and "on-stage" in their writings.

"A systematic biblical theology of gender that affirms gender equality without minimizing the asymmetry of gender distinction based in the image of the triune God. Consequently, intergendered relationships, celebrating distinction across the genders, foster greater intimacy than monogendered (same-sex) or egalitarian ones"--

What were the lives of women and men like in ancient Israel? How does it affect their thinking about gender? Recent discussions of “biblical womanhood and manhood” tend to reflect our current concepts of masculinity and femininity, and less so the lived world of the biblical authors. In fact, gender does not often appear to be a noteworthy issue in Scripture at all, except in practical matters. Nonetheless, Genesis 1 invests the image of God itself with “male and female,” making sex central to what it means to be human. Instead of working out gender through Genesis’s creation and Paul’s household codes, we want to ask: What was life like on an ancient Israelite farmstead, in a Second Temple synagogue, or in a Roman household in Ephesus? Who ran things in the home, in the village, in the cities? Who had influence and social power, and how did they employ it? Taking insights from anthropology and archaeology, the authors of this collection paint a dynamic portrait of gender in antiquity that has been put into conversation with the biblical texts. The Biblical World of Gender explores gender “backstage” in the daily lives and assumptions of the biblical authors and “on-stage” in their writings. Table of Contents Introduction Meanwhile, Back at the Ranch: The Context of Gender in the Bible Celina Durgin and Dru Johnson Surprising Gender Roles in the Ancient World 1. The Importance of Bread: Archaeology, the Bible, and Women’s Power in Ancient Israel Carol L. Meyers 2. The Material World of Women and Men in Scripture: Gender and the Ancient Israelite Household Cynthia Shafer-Elliott 3. What We Can Learn from Women’s Roles in Ancient Synagogues Jeffrey P. Garcia 4. The Agency of Women in Ancient Rome Lynn H. Cohick Gender in the Biblical Texts: i. The Good 5. Freedom Fighters of the Exodus Carmen Joy Imes 6. Heroic Women of the New Testament James F. McGrath 7. Finding Good Men in the Old and New Testaments Beth M. Stovell Gender in the Biblical Texts: ii. The Bad 8. The Roots of Violence: Male Violence against Women in Genesis Matthew J. Lynch 9. Did Early Christians Give Dignity and Honor to Female Slaves? Nijay K. Gupta 10. For All Have Sinned: Learning from Bad Women in the Bible Dru Johnson Gender in the Biblical Texts: iii. The Misunderstood 11. Does God Really Command Women to Marry Their Rapists? A Study of Deuteronomic Law Sandra L. Richter 12. Veiling in Corinth: A Surprising Sign of Equality Janelle Peters 13. Paul and the Women He Greeted Erin Heim

What does the Bible teach about gender roles? Is there a difference as seen in Scripture? Understanding the debate over biblical feminism is essential to answering the questions about the role of women in the church. In this book, Dr. Cottrell "stands squarely in the path of the evangelical feminists who want to prove that the Bible agrees with their egalitarian views" (Clark H. Pinock, Ph.D., McMaster Divinity College). Lightning Print On Demand Title.

Essays on women, men, gender roles and humor as social critique.

A Coherent Pauline Theology of Gender Respected New Testament scholar Cynthia Long Westfall offers a coherent Pauline theology of gender, which includes fresh perspectives on the most controverted texts. Westfall interprets passages on women and men together and places those passages in the context of the Pauline corpus as a whole. She offers viable alternatives for some notorious interpretive problems in certain Pauline passages, reframing gender issues in a way that stimulates thinking, promotes discussion, and moves the conversation forward. As Westfall explores the significance of Paul's teaching on both genders, she seeks to support and equip males and females to serve in their area of gifting.