Women Who Wrestled with God: Biblical Stories of Israel's Beginning
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...
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| Format: | Electronic Book |
| Language: | English |
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Collegeville, MN
Liturgical Press
2005
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| In: | Year: 2005 |
| IxTheo Classification: | HB Old Testament |
| Further subjects: | B
Women in the Bible
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| Parallel Edition: | Print version: Fischer, Irmtraud: Women Who Wrestled with God : Biblical Stories of Israel's Beginning. - Collegeville, MN : Liturgical Press,c2005. - 9780814651605 |
| Summary: | 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 promise -- 2.10 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 betrayal -- 3.8 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 everything 4.8 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 resumé of his life -- 5.8 Judah in the tradition of the line of promise -- 5.9 Tamar is to remain a widow for life -- 5.10 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 -- 6.8 The horizon of experience for the ancestors and their God -- 6.9 The call to liberate the people -- 7. Naomi and Ruth: The Unconventional Women Ancestors of the Royal House of David -- 7.1 Refugees from famine -- 7.2 Naomi and her daughters-in-law -- 7.3 Naomi and the women of Bethlehem -- 7.4 Bread from the daughter-in-law -- 7.5 Ruth and Boaz -- 7.6 Creative interpretation of the levirate obligation -- 7.7 A woman like Israel's ancestral women -- 7.8 A daughter-in-law: worth more than seven sons! -- 7.9 King David's great-grandmother -- 7.10 Interpretation of the book of Ruth through its different locations in the canon -- 7.11 The book of Ruth in messianic perspective 8. Women Who Wrestled With God |
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| Item Description: | 6.8 The horizon of experience for the ancestors and their God Description based upon print version of record |
| ISBN: | 0814684009 |