Carol A. Newsom is the Charles Howard Candler Professor of Old
Testament at Candler School of Theology, Emory University and was
the 2011 President of the Society of Biblical Literature. She is
the author and editor of many books, including The Women's Bible
Commentary, Third Edition. Sharon H. Ringe is Professor of New
Testament at Wesley Theological Seminary. She is an ordained
minister in the United Church of Christ. Her books include Luke in
the Westminster Bible Companion series, published by Westminster
John Knox Press.
Jacqueline E. Lapsley is Associate Professor of Old Testament at
Princeton Theological Seminary in Princeton, New Jersey. She is the
author ofWhispering the Word: Hearing Women's Stories in the Old
Testament. and Can These Bones Live? The Problem of the Moral Self
in the Book of Ezekiel.
"The Women's Bible Commentary has established itself as an
important reference point in the on-going work of hermeneutics.
This new, greatly expanded edition is most welcome, as it takes
seriously the noticeable changes that have occurred in scholarship
generally and in interpretation more specifically. As feminism has
moved into new questions and perspectives, taking post-colonial
issues into account, this volume reflects more recent interpretive
practices. Readers will be glad for the added material concerning
specific women in the text. This volume will let us all become more
aware of our interpretive commitments that are, from time to time,
assets and/or liabilities." Walter Brueggemann, Professor Emeritus
of Old Testament, Columbia Theological Seminary
"This third edition of the widely known and used Women's Bible
Commentary makes a classic work even better. Some articles were
retained and revised. Others were replaced in order to give voice
to younger women scholars. The new edition also recognizes and
demonstrates the hermeneutical significance of sexual identity, the
analysis of masculinity, and post-colonial positioning. Another
important new feature is the inclusion of essays reflecting the
rise of reception history. Thirteen essays sketch the
interpretation of significant female figures from the Bible and one
discusses women as interpreters in the pre-twentieth century
period. This book should be recommended, if not required, in all
courses on the Bible." Adela Yarbro Collins, Buckingham Professor
of New Testament Criticism and Interpretation, Yale Divinity
School
"With this edition of the Women's Bible Commentary, the blessings
of feminist mothers and their offspring are visited upon readers
unto the third generation. Interpretive essays in reception history
alongside reliable introductions to canonical and deutero-canonical
texts provide varieties of voices, views, and values that can serve
well lay groups and the academic community."
Phyllis Trible, Baldwin Professor of Sacred Literature Emerita,
Union Theological Seminary
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