Women in the Biblical World: A Survey of Old and New Testament Perspectives

Elizabeth A. McCabe is a doctoral candidate at Hebrew Union College in Cincinnati, Ohio. She received an M.A. in biblical studies at Cincinnati Christian University with a dual concentration in Old Testament and New Testament. She is the author of the 2008 book, An Examination of the Isis Cult with Preliminary Exploration into New Testament Studies. She has also recently been appointed co-chair of "Gender Studies and the Bible" in the Midwest Society of Biblical Literature.

• Chapter 1 ForewordChapter 2 PrefaceChapter 3 AcknowledgmentsChapter 4 About the ContributorsChapter 5 AbbreviationsChapter 6 1. Answers to Unresolved Questions: A Closer Look at Eve and Adam in Genesis 2-3Chapter 7 2. A Biological Consideration for the Extended Period of Impurity after the Birth of a Daughter in Ancient IsraelChapter 8 3. Rahab in Rehab: Christian Interpretation of the Madame from JerichoChapter 9 4. Achsah, the Raped Pîlege? , and the Book of JudgesChapter 10 5. You are a Bible Child: Exploring the Lives of Children and Mothers through the Elisha CycleChapter 11 6. Refusing the Syrophoenician Woman: The Disparate Perspectives of Jesus, Mark, and Feminist CritiquesChapter 12 7. Blessing the First Birth: A Feminist Critical Reading of Like 11:27-28Chapter 13 8. A Reevaluation of Phoebe in Romans 16:1-2 as a Diakonos and Prostatis: Exposing the Inaccuracies of English TranslationsChapter 14 9. Junia: Woman and ApostleChapter 15 10. In Search of the Voice of Women in the Churches: Revisiting the Command to Silence Women in 1 Corinthians 14:34-35Chapter 16 11. Bad Girls or Good Ascetics? The Gynaikaria of the Pastoral Epistles

This anthology is unusual in that it contains essays on women in the biblical world that span both Old and New Testament perspectives. As such, it is a rare and welcome resource for courses that survey the roles and status of women as portrayed in the Christian Bible.