Women of the Bible

Guadalupe Seijas is Senior Lecturer in the Department of Linguistics and Oriental Studies, University of Madrid, Spain.Mónica Ann Walker Vadillo is a tutor at the Department for Continuing Education at the University of Oxford, UK, and a freelance writer for National Geographic.

• AcknowledgementsList of ContributorsList of ImagesIntroduction - Guadalupe Seijas, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, SpainChapter 1: Bible, Art and Women: Criteria for Analysis and Critical Interpretation - Carmen Yebra-Rovira, Universidad Pontificia de Salamanca, SpainChapter 2: The Iconographic Representation of the Bible: The Interaction Between Text and Image - Guadalupe Seijas, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, SpainChapter 3: Bathsheba in Medieval Manuscripts: Visual Analysis of a Controversial Old Testament Woman - Mónica Ann Walker Vadillo, University of Oxford, UKChapter 4: Strong Women of the Bible and Their Persistence in 17th Century Spanish Painting - Amparo Alba and Guadalupe Seijas, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, SpainChapter 5: Moses’ Mother and Her Literary and Visual Reception in the 19th Century - Carmen Yebra-Rovira, Universidad Pontificia de Salamanca, SpainChapter 6: The Women in the Book of Judges and Their Representation in 19th Century Engravings - Carmen Yebra-Rovira, Universidad Pontificia de Salamanca, SpainChapter 7: Ruth and Naomi: A Story of Friendship in Images - Guadalupe Seijas, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, SpainConclusionsBibliographyIndex

This book will appeal not just to academics but also to theologically trained church leaders … [It’s] focus on visual interpretation, as well as its Spanish provenance, brings new insights into an important area of study.