Feminist Companion to Esther, Judith and Susanna: Feminist Companion to the Bible

Provides cutting edge feminist approaches to the Hebrew Bible

AbbreviationsAthalya BrennerIntroductionPart IEsther: When Gender Politics Represent Power Politics / Susan NiditchEsther: Folklore, Wisdom, Feminism and Authority / Kristin de TroyerAn Oriental Beauty Parlour: An Analysis of Esther 2.8-18 in the Hebrew, the Septuagint and the Second Greek Text / Athalya Brenner Looking at Esther through the Looking Glass / Alice Bach Mirror, Mirror in the Text: Reflections on Reading and Re-reading / Timothy K. Beal Tracing Esther's Beginnings / Bea Wyler Esther: The Incomplete Emancipation of a Queen / Zefira Gitay Esther and the Queen's Throne / Lillian R. Klein Honor and Shame in Esther/ Leila Leah BronnerEsther Revisited: An Aggadic Approach / Diane WolksstienEsther's StoryPart IIJudith: On Power, Leadership and Knowledge / Amy-Jill LevineSacrifice and Salvation: Otherness and Domestication in the Book of Judith / Ijan Willem van Henten Judith as Alternative Leader: A Rereading of Judith 7-13 / Mieke Bal Head Hunting: 'Judith' on the Cutting Edge of Knowledge Part IIISusanna: The Reader's Power/Knowledge - on Viewing a Jewish Woman/Community / JenniferA. GlancyThe Accused: Susanna and her Readers / Amy-Jill Levine'Hemmed in on Every Side': Jews and Women in the Book of SusannaBibliography