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Women Who Wrestled with God : Biblical Stories of Israel's Beginning
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| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Collegeville, MN :
Liturgical Press,
2005.
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| Colección: | Book collections on Project MUSE.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Titlepage; Copyright; Foreword to the First German Edition; Foreword to the Second German Edition; 1. The "Fathers" and the Beginnings of the People-An Introduction to Israel's Ancestors; 2. Sarah, Hagar, and Abraham: Scenes From a Marriage Under the Promise; 2.1 Diagnosis: "Barren!"-YHWH promises many descendants; 2.2 Sarah's abandonment and rescue; 2.3 A life between promise and fulfillment; 2.4 A human attempt to fulfill the promise; 2.5 Hagar: From oppression to liberation-and back again; 2.6 The story of a climber; 2.7 "Where is Sarah, your wife?"; 2.8 The alienation of female experience.
- 2.9 The abandonment of the old bearer of the promise2.10 The immunity of the prophet Abraham; 2.11 Isaac, the son who makes them laugh; 2.12 "Drive out this servant woman and her son!"; 2.13 "Sacrifice your son, your only son!"; 2.14 God tests the righteous; 2.15 A grave for Sarah; 3. Rebecca: A Strong Woman With a Colorless Husband; 3.1 A woman in the male family tree; 3.2 The bearer of the promise seeks a daughter-in-law; 3.3 Encounter at the well-this time without a bridegroom; 3.4 Rebecca's decision: "I will go!"; 3.5 "Who is that man?"; 3.6 Rebecca questions YHWH.
- 3.7 A marriage between tenderness and betrayal3.8 The mother's favorite son; 3.9 Rebecca seeks a daughter-in-law; 3.10 YHWH confirms Rebecca's choice; 4. Rachel and Leah: The Founders of the House of Israel; 4.1 The stone of opening, the stone of stumbling; 4.2 Seven years of service for the wrong bride; Excursus: A Lesson in Marriage Law; 4.3 The man's love, or many children; 4.4 Two women who wrestled with God; 4.5 Love potions, homeopathy, and male sexuality for sale; 4.6 The family sticks together for the first time: YHWH calls them to return home.
- 4.7 Again the danger of losing everything4.8 The man who wrestled with God; 4.9 Reunion with Esau: Rachel receives the greatest protection; 4.10 The desire for children, and death; 5. Dark Sides of the Family Chronicle; 5.1 The rape of Dinah-An insult to male honor?; Excursus: A Lesson in Penal Law; 5.2 Don't trust anybody about marriage!; 5.3 The escalation of vengeance; 5.4 The story of Dinah in its canonical context; 5.5 Reuben breaks the taboo; 5.6 Kidnapping in the house of Jacob; 5.7 The betrayer grows old: The resume of his life; 5.8 Judah in the tradition of the line of promise.
- 5.9 Tamar is to remain a widow for life5.10 The prostitute at the gate; 5.11 "She is more just than I!"; 5.12 Tamar, the woman who founded the house of Judah; 6. Subversive Women at the Beginnings of the People in Egypt; 6.1 A little people becomes a "great nation" of the promise; 6.2 Oppression; 6.3 The midwives, Shiphrah and Puah; 6.4 From intimidation to genocide; 6.5 Women with civil courage: mother, sister, king's daughter; 6.6 The infancy story of Moses-or the beginnings of liberation through women's resistance?; 6.7 Women's learning communities and experiences in male society.