A Feminist Companion to Prophets and Daniel - Feminist Companion to the Bible (Second ) series

Brief Description: This final volume in the Feminist Companion to the Bible Second series is a sparkling collection. These essays revisit the figure of the Goddess, redefine female prophet-(esse)s, consider Yahweh as a violent husband, explore various aspects or eroticism in prophetic literature and discuss how to say no to a prophet. In the section on Daniel the Obtuse Foreign Ruler is viewed from the perspective of both feminism and humor, while Belshazzar's mother is proposed as another wise queen. Contributors include Judith Hadley, Esther Fuchs, Renate Jost, Rainer Kessler, Gerlinde Baumann, Mary Shields, Erin Runions, Tamar Kamlonkowski, Ulrike Sals, Julia M. O'Brien, Mayer Gruber, H. von Deventer, and Emily Sampson. Review Quotes: "This volume makes an important contribution to the biblical field and needs to be incorporated into the thought and study of students and scholars alike. While some of the points uncovered may surprise general readers of the Bible, the search for truth remains a constant commitment among these scholars. Brenner and the volume's contributors are to be commended for their creative and sustained inquiry that has yielded new insights sure to spark lively conversations." -Carol J. Dempsey, Religious Studies ReviewBiographical 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. Table of Contents: Abbreviations/ List of Contributors/ Athalya Brenner"/ Introduction/ Part I/ Prophecy/ A. The Goddesss Revisited"/ Judith M. Hadley"/ The Queen of Heaven - Who is She?/ B. Female 'Prophets' or 'Prophetesses'"?/ Esther Fuchs"/ Prophecy and the Construction of Women: Inscription and Erasure/ Renate Jost"/ The Daughters of Your People Prophesy/ Rainer Kessler"/ Miriam and the Prophecy of the Persian Period/ C. The Pornoprophetic (?) Marriage Metaphor"/ Gerlinde Baumann"/ Propehtic Objections to YHWH as the Violent Husband of Israel: Reinterpretations of the Prophetic Marriage Metaphor in Second Isaiah (Isaiah 40-55)/ Mary E. Shields"/ Circumcision of the Prostitute: Gender, Sexuality and the Call to Repentance in Jeremiah 3.1-4.4/ Mary E. Shields"/ Self-Response to 'Circumcision of the Prostitute'/ Mary E. Shields"/ Multiple Exposures: Body Rhetoric and Gender in Ezekiel 16/ Mary E. Shields"/ Self-Response to' Multiple Exposures'/ Erin Runions/ Violence and the Economy of Desire in Ezekiel 16.1-45/ S. Tamar Kamionkowski"/ Gender Reversal in Ezekiel 16/ Ulrike Sals"/ Reading Zechariah 5. 5-11: Prophecy, Gender and (Ap) Perception/ Julia M. O'Brien"/ On Saying "No" to a Prophet/ Julia M. O'Brien"/ In Retrospect... Self-Response to 'on Saying "No" to a Prophet/ Mayer I. Gruber"/ Nineveh the Adulteress/ Part II/ Daniel/ Athalya Brenner"/ Who's Afraid of Feminist Criticism? Who's Afraid of Biblical Humour? The Case of the Obtuse Foreign Ruler in the Hebrew Bible/ Athalya Brenner"/ Self-Response to 'Who's Afraid of Feminist Criticism?'/ H. J. M Van Deventer"/ Another Wise Queen (Mother) - Women's Wisdom in Daniel 5.10-12?/ Emily Sampson"/ Daniel, Belshazzar and Julia: The Rediscovery and Vindication of the Translation of Julia E. Smith (1792-1886)/ Bibliography/ Index of References/ Index of Authors

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.