A Feminist Companion to Exodus to Deuteronomy
The studies in this collection, reflecting recent developments in feminist exegesis in Europe and the United States, comprise three 'revisits': the first, to Exodus and Moses, includes Susanne Scholz on a literary feminist reading of Exodus, Harold Washington on Exodus and Zora Neale Hurston's 'Moses, Man of the Mountain', Ilona Rashkow on 'Oedipus Wreckes: Moses and God's Rod', and 'Divine Puppeteer: Yahweh of Exodus' by Cheryl Kirk-Duggan. The second revisit, to Miriam, comprises 'Miriam' by Phyllis Silverman Kramer, 'Miriam Re-Imagined, and Imaginary Women of Exodus in Musical Settings' by
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Abbreviations
List of Contributors
Introduction
PartI: FIRST REVISIT: EXODUS AND MOSES
The Complexities of 'His' Liberation Talk: A Literary Feminist Reading of the Book of Exodus
Signifying on Exodus: Reading Race and Culture in Zora Neale Hurston's Moses, Man of the Mountain
Oedipus Wrecks: Moses and God's Rod
Divine Puppeteer: Yahweh of Exodus
Part II: SECOND REVISIT: MIRIAM
Miriam
Miriam Re-Imagined, and Imaginary Women of Exodus in Musical Settings
Dreaming of Miriam's Well. The Authority of Miriam: A Feminist Rereading of Numbers 12 Prompted by Jewish Interpretation
Part III: THIRD REVISIT: DAUGHTERS
The Daughters of Zelophehad and Women's Inheritance: The Biblical Injunction and Its Outcome
Serah and the Exodus: A Midrashic Miracle
Bibliography
Index of References
Index of Authors
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