Feminist Companion to Wisdom Literature: Feminist Companion to the Bible

Cutting edge feminist perspectives on Wisdom Literature from leading scholars

Abbreviations / Athalya BrennerIntroductionPart IWomen and Wisdom: Social Roles and Literary Figurations / Carole R. FontaineThe Social Roles of Women in the World of Wisdom / Athalya BrennerSome Observations on the Figurations of Woman in Wisdom Literature / Silvia SchroerWise and Counselling Women in Ancient Israel: Literary and Historical Ideals of the Personified hokmâ /Schulamit VallerWho is eset hayil in Rabbinic Literature?Part IIWisdom and Otherness: The Case of the Issâ Zârâ / Mieke Heijerman Who Would Blame Her? The 'Strange' Woman of Proverbs / Gale A. Yee'I Have Perfumed My Bed with Myrrh': The Foreign Woman (issâ zârâ) in Proverbs 1-9 / Gale A. YeeThe Socio-Literary Production of the 'Foreign Woman' in Proverbs / Claudia V. CampWise and Strange: An Interpretation of the Female Imagery in Proverbs in Light of Trickster Mythology / Harold C. WashingtonThe Strange Woman of Proverbs 1-9 and Post-Exilic Judaean SocietyPart IIIOn the Book of Job / Lillian R. KleinJob and the Womb: Text about Men, Subtext about Women / Ellen van WoldeThe Development of Job: Mrs Job as Catalyst / Lyn M. BechtelA Feminist Approach to the Book of JobBibliography