the Female Heroic in the Hebrew Bible Collins, Sandra Ladick. creator text Electronic books. xx Newcastle upon Tyne Cambridge Scholars Pub. 2012 monographic eng

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1 online resource (225 p.) The biblical stories of Lot's daughters, Tamar, Ruth and Bathsheba, share much in common - singular women who are left to rely upon their own wits to achieve some measure of victory over the men around them. Scholarly interpretation of these women often reduces them to mere stock characters who inform civic notions about Israel, the perennial underdog who, like these women, achieves against great odds. Or, they reflect the trickery and moral ambiguity inherent in their line as ancestresses of ... TABLE OF CONTENTS; LIST OF FIGURES; PREFACE; CHAPTER ONE; CHAPTER TWO; CHAPTER THREE; CHAPTER FOUR; CHAPTER FIVE; CHAPTER SIX; APPENDIX A; APPENDIX B; APPENDIX C; APPENDIX D; APPENDIX E; APPENDIX F; APPENDIX G; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX. Christian women Religious life Religion Women in the Bible Biography Women in the bible Women in the Bible RELIGION / Biblical Biography / General BS575 .C384 2012 220.92082 Collins, Sandra Ladick Newcastle upon Tyne : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, c2012 9781443845861 (electronic bk.) 1443845868 (electronic bk.) http://public.eblib.com/EBLPublic/PublicView.do?ptiID=1114315 http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=532348 http://public.eblib.com/EBLPublic/PublicView.do?ptiID=1114315 http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=532348 EBLCP 130211 20200709055733.0 ocn827209240 eng