Esther and RuthWestminster John Knox Press, 1 בינו׳ 2003 - 94 עמודים In classic Interpretation Bible Studies style, Patricia Tull leads the reader through a ten-session study of the entire Old Testament books of Esther, with its stories of faithfulness, courage, and survival, and the ethical questions posed by its ending, and Ruth, with its themes of community, loyalty, and friendship. Interpretation Bible Studies (IBS) offers solid biblical content in a creative study format. Forged in the tradition of the celebrated Interpretation commentary series, IBS makes the same depth of biblical insight available in a dynamic, flexible, and user-friendly resource. Designed for adults and older youth, Interpretation Bible Studies can be used in small groups, in church school classes, in large group presentations, or in personal study. |
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... woman ( Mark 7 ) , and the woman at the well ( John 4 ) , are presented namelessly . The Bible pulls no punches about the fates of women : They are raped ( Dinah in Gen. 34 , Tamar in 2 Sam . 13 ) , forced into marriage ( the dancers at ...
... woman in 2 Kgs . 4 ) . Yet if the biblical world is a fairly unsafe place for women , it mir- rors the experience of most women still . Women's freedom even in the first world remains tenuous , constricted by the fear of attack by ...
... woman of strength " ( Ruth 3:11 ) , follows immediately the description in Proverbs 31 of the " woman of strength . " Esther , the Jewish woman surviving by her wits among the Gentiles , immediately precedes the book of Daniel , with ...
... woman about whom several unsavory facts are known . The book's first line sets King Ahasuerus in the misty past from the standpoint of the author and readers . Most commentators believe the book to have been written between 400 and 200 ...
... woman in Persia will be out of control . Combining brazen flattery , flagrant gender profiling , and the most foolish solutions possible , Memucan suggests that the queen be banned from the very place she didn't want to be ( that will ...