A Feminist Companion to Judges (Feminist Companion to the Bible

by Athalya Brenner-Idan (Editor)

Judges is a book with much to say about women, especially about their fate in a masculine world, subject to male values. This sparkling new collection of studies subjects Achsah, Delilah and Jephthah's daughter to the female critical gaze, while an increased emphasis on the body (whether gendered or not), violence of various forms, and intertextuality reflect the growing importance of these issues in biblical exegesis. The contributors to this second Judges Companion are Lillian Klein, Claudia Rakel, Shulamit Valler, Phyllis Silverman Kramer, Carol Smith, Renate Jost, Ilse Müllner and Alice Bach.

176 pages, Paperback

First published November 1, 1993

Reviews

[Anthony Hellerstedt · Rating 3 out of 5]

I give this book 3 stars simply for its attempt to be scholarly. But regarding its presuppositions and worldview, I give it 2 stars. It was very informative to learn more about the pagan feminist perspective and how these people view God and the Bible. One of the contributing authors, Lillian R. Klein admits that Achsah was the "paradigm" woman, in that she was the model by which all other women should emulate. I agree. However, it's very doubtful that Klein views this paradigm as a positive thing, but rather just as a literary observation. In the end, I learned much from this book and do recommend it to my mature, Christian friends, but caution that it is not written by actual followers of Christ, but secular Bible scholars who don't view the Bible as authoritative.