A Feminist Companion to Tobit and Judith

A Feminist Companion to Tobit and Judith extends the work of the hugely influential and respected Feminist Companion series which continues to set the standard for feminist approaches to the Hebrew Bible and related texts. In the present volume Athalya Brenner-Idan (with Helen Efthimiadis-Keith) draws together a range of scholarly commentators and addresses the core issues relating to feminist interpretations of the two texts at hand. The volume examines attitudes to gender identities exile social mores beliefs clothing food and drink personal relationships and biblical reception. The contributors are: Beverly Bow and George Nickelsburg Athalya Brenner-Idan Ora Brison Helen Efthimiadis-Keith Renate Egger-Wenzel Beate Ego Emma England Jennifer Glancy Jan Willem van Henten Naomi Jacobs Amy-Jill Levine Pamela Milne and Barbara Schmitz.