The Lost Coin : Parables of Women, Work, and Wisdom.

A collection of feminist interpretations of parables about women and women''s work. This volume not only fills a gap in the scholarly literature on parables, but brings to life vignettes from ancient Mediterranean women''s lives and offer insights into the place of women in the m...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Beavis, Mary Ann
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: London : Bloomsbury Publishing, 2002.
Colección:Biblical seminar.
Temas:
Jesus Christ > Parables.
Jesus Christ
Bible. > Gospels > Parables > Feminist criticism.
Gospel of Thomas (Coptic Gospel) > Parables > Feminist criticism.
Bible. > Gospels
Gospel of Thomas (Coptic Gospel)
Women in the Bible.
Work > Biblical teaching.
Wisdom (Biblical personification) > Feminist criticism.
Femmes dans la Bible.
Travail > Enseignement biblique.
Sagesse (Personnification biblique) > Critique féministe.
RELIGION > Biblical Studies > Jesus, the Gospels & Acts.
RELIGION > Biblical Studies > New Testament.
Parables, Biblical
Women in the Bible
Work > Biblical teaching
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover; Contents; Abbreviations; List of Contributors; Foreword; Introduction: Seeking the ''Lost Coin'' of Parables about Women; I: ''LOST'' PARABLES OF WOMEN; ''Swept Under the Rug'': Feminist Homiletical Reflections on the Parable of the Lost Coin (Lk. 15.8-9); Joy in Heaven, Sorrow on Earth: Luke 15.10; Proclaiming the Parable of the Persistent Widow (Lk. 18.2-5); Opening the Closed Door: A Feminist Rereading of the ''Wise and Foolish Virgins'' (Mt. 25.1-13); ''Making Up Stories'': A Feminist Reading of the Parable of the Prodigal Son (Lk. 15.1 lb-32); II: PARABLES OF WOMEN''S WORK.
  • Patched Garments and Ruined Wine: Whose Folly? (Mk 2.21-22 Mt. 9.16-17; Lk. 5.36-37); ''Women''s Work in the Realm of God'' (Mt. 13.33; Lk. 13.20, 21; Gos. Thom. 96; Mt. 6.28-30; Lk. 12.27-28; Gos. Thom. 36); The Woman Carrying a Jar of Meal (Gos. Thom. 97); The Language of Mother Work in the Gospel of Thomas: Keeping Momma out of the Kingdom (Gos. Thom. 22); Who Is the Faithful Steward? Luke 12.41-45; III: JOHANNINE METAPHORS OF MOTHER AND BRIDE; The (Pro)creative Parables of Labour and Childbirth (Jn 3.1-10 and 16.21-22); The ''Bride'' in John 3.29: A Feminist Rereading.
  • IV: PARABLES OF WISDOM/SOPHIAJesus/Holy Mother Wisdom (Mt. 23.37-39); The Enigma of the Yoke: Declining in Parables (Mt. 11.28-30); Wisdom''s Children Justified (Mt. 11.16-19; Lk. 7.31-35); V: FINDING PARABLE; Gathering: A Mythic Parable; Bibliography; Index of References; Index of Authors; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; V; W; Z.

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