A Feminist Companion to Exodus to Deuteronomy - Feminist Companion to the Bible (Second ) series

Brief Description: The studies in this collection, reflecting recent developments in feminist exegesis in Europe and the United States, comprise three 'revisits': the first, to Exodus and Moses, includes Susanne Scholz on a literary feminist reading of Exodus, Harold Washington on Exodus and Zora Neale Hurston's 'Moses, Man of the Mountain', Ilona Rashkow on 'Oedipus Wreckes: Moses and God's Rod', and 'Divine Puppeteer: Yahweh of Exodus' by Cheryl Kirk-Duggan. The second revisit, to Miriam, comprises 'Miriam' by Phyllis Silverman Kramer, 'Miriam Re-Imagined, and Imaginary Women of Exodus in Musical Settings' by Helen Leneman, Alice Bach, 'Dreaming of Miriam's Well' and Irmtraud Fischer on 'The Authority of Miriam'. The third revisit is to Daughters, where Tal Ilan writes on the daughters of Zelophehad and Leila Bronner on' Serah and the Exodus'. Table of Contents: Abbreviations/ List of Contributors/ Athalya Brenner"/ Introduction/ Part I/ First Revisit: Exodus and Moses/ Suzanne Scholz"/ The Complexities of 'His' Liberation Talk: A Literary Feminist Reading of the Book of Exodus/ Harold C. Washington"/ Signifying on Exodus/ Reading Race and Religion in Zora Neale Hurstons's Moses, Man of the Mountain"/ Ilona Rashkow"/ Oedipus Wrecks: Moses and God's Rod/ Cheryl Kirk-Duggan"/ Divine Puppeteer: Yahweh of Exodus/ Part II/ Second Revisit: Miriam/ Phyllis Silverman Kramer"/ Miriam/ Helen Leneman"/ Miriam Re-Imagined, and Imaginary Women of Exodus in Musical Settings/ Alice Bach"/ Dreaming of Miriam's Well/ Irmtraud Fischer"/ The Authority of Miriam: A Feminist Rereading of Numbers 12 Prompted by Jewish Interpretation/ Part III/ Third Revisit: Daughters/ Tal Ilan"/ The Daughters of Zelophehad and Women's Inheritance: The Biblical Injunction and its Outcome/ Leila Leah Bronner"/ Serah and the Exodus: A Midrashic Miracle/ Bibliography/ Index of References/ Index of AuthorsBiographical Note: Athalya Brenner is Professor of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament in the Department of Theology and Religious Studies, University of Amsterdam, and Rosalyn and Manny Rosenthal Distinguished Professor-in-Residence of Hebrew Bible at Brite Divinity School, Fort Worth, Texas.

Contributor Bio:  Brenner, Athalya Athalya Brenner is Professor of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament in the Department of Theology and Religious Studies, University of Amsterdam, and Rosalyn and Manny Rosenthal Distinguished Professor-in-Residence of Hebrew Bible at Brite Divinity School, Fort Worth, Texas.