Helpmates, harlots, and heroes : women's stories in the Hebrew Bible /

Bellis, Alice Ogden, 1950-

Helpmates, harlots, and heroes : women's stories in the Hebrew Bible / Alice Ogden Bellis. - 2nd ed. - Louisville, Ky. : Westminster John Knox Press, 2007. - xii, 306 pages ; 23 cm

Includes bibliographical references (pages 247-304).

The story of Eve -- The women in Genesis -- The women in Exodus and Numbers -- The women in Joshua and Judges -- The women in 1 and 2 Samuel -- The women in 1 and 2 Kings -- The women in the Prophets -- The women in the wisdom literature and the Song of songs -- Subversive women in subversive books : Ruth, Esther, Susanna, and Judith.

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Bible--Old Testament--Biography.
Bible--Old Testament--Feminist criticism.
Bible--Old Testament--Black interpretations.
Bible.--Old Testament.


Women in the Bible.
Feminist theology.
Womanist theology.
Black interpretations.
Feminist criticism.
Feminist theology.
Womanist theology.
Women in the Bible.


Biography.

BS 575 / .B45 2007