Author: Elizabeth A. McCabe File Type: pdf Volume 2 of Women in the Biblical World A Survey of Old and New Testament Perspectives encompasses the latest research in feminist biblical scholarship. New angles of interpretation and fresh perspectives regarding often overlooked biblical women will be gained from the pages of this volume. This volume focuses on such women as Tamar, Deborah, Manoahs wife, Queen Vashti, and Jobs wife. Attention is also given to socio-historical backgrounds lurking behind the biblical text (such as women in Greco-Roman education and syncretism in Ephesus), demonstrating how these backgrounds directly influenced the writings about women. Some emphasis on contemporary application is also stressed regarding problematic passages, such as 1 Corinthians 112-16. This multi-faceted approach to women in the Bible will prove to be invigorating, refreshing, and enlightening for all to read.**ReviewThere are few matters that, historically, have been overlooked as much as womens roles in the Bible. Volume 2 of Women in the Biblical World is therefore welcome, as its contributors bring hermeneutical and socio-historical perspectives to bear upon the biblical texts in manners that illuminate familiar stories and traditions in stimulating ways. This book will be essential reading for all interested in how the biblical text portrays women and what [this] means for contemporary society. (Chris Keith, assistant professor of New Testament and Christian origins, Lincoln Christian University) This volume addresses head-on troublesome passages about women and investigates some of the more enigmatic female characters in the Bible, often challenging traditional readings and engaging feminist interpretations along the way. Written in conversation with a variety of interpretive perspectives, this volume will stand as engaging reading for those interested in biblical perspectives on women, and will prove itself as a useful tool for those who teach others about the place of women in the biblical world. (Lee A. Johnson, assistant professor of religious studies, East Carolina University) The second volume of Women in the Biblical World A Survey of Old and New Testament Perspectives is, once again, edited by Elizabeth A. McCabe. This volume contains eight collected essays, five of which deal with women in the Old Testament and three that address feminist issues in the New Testament....This book adopts the goals of the first volume, shedding light on the role of women in the biblical world, offering additional positive interpretations of passages that androcentric or misogynistic interpreters have used to condemn women, and enlightening readers regarding often overlooked or maligned female characters....These essays move the conversation forward in a positive manner, adding more to the necessary conversation of feminist biblical studies and shedding light on the some of the least- studied aspects of the field. (Review of Biblical Literature) About the Author Elizabeth A. McCabe earned an M.A. in Biblical Studies at Cincinnati Christian University with a dual concentration in Old Testament and New Testament. She is the editor of Volume 1 of Women in the Biblical World A Survey of Old and New Testament Perspectives, as well as the author of An Examination of the Isis Cult with Preliminary Exploration into New Testament Studies.

Author: George Clausen File Type: pdf The chapters in this volume were delivered at lectures to students of the Royal Academy of Arts in January 1904 by George Clausen, who was at that time Professor of Painting. He approaches the subject a number of ways, including specific masters, styles, methods, techniques, contexts and composition. The book offers a balanced introduction to the subject, and to the modern reader, an insightful glimpse at an approach to this evergreen topic as delivered over 100 years ago. **

Author: The Dr. Huey P. Newton Foundation File Type: pdf The Black Panther Party represents Black Panther Party members coordinated responses over the last four decades to the failure of city, state, and federal bureaucrats to address the basic needs of their respective communities. The Party pioneered free social service programs that are now in the mainstream of American life. The Partys Sickle Cell Anemia Research Foundation, operated with Oaklands Childrens Hospital, was among the nations first such testing programs. Its Free Breakfast Program served as a model for national programs. Other initiatives included free clinics, grocery giveaways, school and education programs, senior programs, and legal aid programs. Published here for the first time in book form, The Black Panther Party makes the case that the programs methods are viable models for addressing the persistent, basic social injustices and economic problems of todays American cities and suburbs. **html

Author: Noriko Takeda File Type: pdf In its international and cross-cultural evolution, the modernist movement brought the most notable achievements in the poetry genre. Through their fragmented mode by semantic scrambling, the modernist poems seek to embody an indestructible unity of language and art. In order to elucidate the significance of that essential form in capitalistic times, A Flowering Word applies C. S. Peirces semiotic theory to the principal works of three contemporary writers Stephane Mallarmes late sonnets, T. S. Eliots Four Quartets, and the Japanese prefeminist poet, Yosano Akikos Tangled Hair.**