Guest editor:Diane Apostolos-Cappadona is Professor Emerita of Religious Art and Cultural History at Georgetown University, USA. Biblical Reception Editors:David J.A. Clines is Professor Emeritus of Biblical Studies at the University of Sheffield, UK.J. Cheryl Exum is Professor Emeritus of Biblical Studies at the University of Sheffield, UK.

• Table of Contents AbstractsList of ContributorsList of IllustrationsIntroduction Diane Apostolos-CappadonaChapter 1: “Naked or Nurtured: The Breast of Eve, the Breast of Mary”Diane Apostolos-Cappadona, Georgetown UniversityChapter 2: “Images of the First Woman: Eve in Islamic Fal-nama paintings” Zohar Hadromi-Allouche, University of AberdeenChapter 3: “Beauty and Its Beholders: Envisioning Esther and Sarah”Ori Z. Soltes, Georgetown UniversityChapter 4: “Re-visioning Women in Mark’s Gospel”Christine Joynes, Trinity College, OxfordChapter 5: “How Salomé Fell for the Baptist, or John the Baptist as L’Homme Fatale: Artistic Interpretations of a Biblical Narrative”Ela Nutu, Sheffield UniversityChapter 6: “Framing a Heroine: Judith’s Counterparts in Biblical Villains”Andrea Sheaffer, Graduate Theological UnionChapter 7: “Biblical Elegy and Quattrocento Marian Encomium: MarcantonioSabellico’s Carmina de Beata Virgine Maria”John Nassichuk, University of Western OntarioChapter 8: “Theatrical Reliquaries: Afterlives of Saint Mary Magdalene in Early 17thCentury Florence”Kelley Harness, University of MinnesotaChapter 9: “Guercino’s Christ and the Woman of Samaria in the Kimbell Art Museum: The Evolution of Biblical Narrative and Visual Meaning”Heidi Hornik, Baylor UniversityChapter 10: “Picturing the Woman Clothed with the Sun (Rev 12): Images of Apocalyptic Conflict, Piety and Strength”Natasha O’Hear, Institute for Theology, Imagination and the Arts, St. Andrews University

The ten contributors to this beautifully illustrated volume examine the reception of biblical women ranging from Eve to the woman clothed with the sun. In this stellar example of visual exegesis, the points of view vary from that of the artist to that of the viewer, as well as from Jewish, Christian, and Muslim perspectives… Overall, the ten articles illuminate differing angles of visual exegesis, yet cohere well.