Fragmented Women: Feminist (Sub)versions of Biblical Narratives (JSOT Supplement Series)

In The Biblical Narratives, Women Are Usually Minor Characters In The Stories Of Men. Fragments Of Women's Stories Must Be Gleaned From The More Cohesive Stories Of Their Fathers, Husbands And Sons. Fragmented Women Begins With The Premise That, To Recover Shards Of Women's Stories From Androcentric Texts Like The Bible, It Is Necessary To Step Outside The Ideology Of The Text, Subverting The Patriarchal Perspective That Has Focused Attention On The Male Characters. In This Important New Work, The Author Draws On Contemporary Feminist Literary Theory To Critique The Dominant Male Voice Of The Biblical Narrative And To Construct (sub)versions Of Women's Stories From The Submerged Strains Of Their Voices In Men's Stories. Preface -- 1. Murder They Wrote -- 2. Michal: The Whole Story -- 3. Samson{u2019}s Women -- 4. The (m)other{u2019}s Place -- 5. Who{u2019}s Afraid Of {u2018}the Endangered Ancestress{u2019}? -- 6. Raped By The Pen -- Bibliography -- Index Of Biblical References -- Index Of Authors Cited. J. Cheryl Exum. Includes Bibliographical References (p. [202]-218) And Indexes. Fragmented Women: Feminist (Sub)versions of Biblical Narratives 4 Contents 8 Preface 10 1. Murder They Wrote 17 2. Michal: The Whole Story 43 3. Samson's Women 62 4. The (M)other's Place 95 5. Who's Afraid of 'The Endangered Ancestress'? 149 6. Raped by the Pen 171 Bibliography 203 Index of Biblical References 220 Index of Authors Cited 223 A 223 B 223 C 223 D 223 E 223 F 223 G 223 H 223 J 224 K 224 L 224 M 224 N 224 O 224 P 224 R 224 S 224 T 224 V 224 W 224 Y 224 Z 224