Women of War Women of Woe

<DIV>The stories of such women as Rahab Deborah Jael Delilah Jephthah's daughter and the Levite's concubine raised thorny questions for nineteenth-century female biblical interpreters. Could a Victorian woman use her intelligence to negotiate like Rahab? Was the seemingly well-educated Deborah an appropriate role model? Or did Jephthah's daughter more correctly model a pious woman's life as she submitted to her father's vow?<BR /><BR /> This unique volume gathers select writings by thirty-five nineteenth-century women on the stories of several women in Joshua and Judges. Recovering and analyzing neglected works from Elizabeth Cady Stanton Harriet Beecher Stowe and many others <I>Women of War Women of Woe</I> illuminates the biblical text recovers a neglected chapter of reception history and helps us understand and apply Scripture in our present context.</DIV>