Lady Parts Biblical Women and the Vagina Monologues

Name: Lady Parts Biblical Women and the Vagina Monologues
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ISBN: 9781620323113

ISBN-10: 1620323117

ISBN-13: 9781620323113

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Authors: Kathryn D. Blanchard, Jane S. Webster

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How might women in the Bible tell their stories if they were prompted to do so by Eve Ensler's controversial play, The Vagina Monologues? This collection imagines some answers to that question. The monologues herein are written by a variety of authors, including scholars, undergraduates, clergy, and laywomen; the content of the narratives reflects this variety, being at times faithful or irreverent, tragic or even funny. All seek to give twenty-first-century voices to women in canonical texts--including the Hebrew Bible, Deuterocanonical books, and New Testament--who are often speechless, nameless, or otherwise marginalized. Not for the faint of heart, these monologues not only end the…

Book details

List price: $23.00
Publisher: Wipf & Stock Publishers
Publication date: 11/13/2012
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 148
Size: 5.50" wide x 8.50" long x 0.31" tall
Weight: 0.396
Language: English

Kathryn D. Blanchard is Assistant Professor of Religious Studies at Alma College in Alma, Michigan. She is the author of several articles on economic and sexual ethics.



List of Contributors


Introduction



Women in the Hebrew Bible


Eve



Hagar and Sarah



Bilhah



Jael



Jephthah's Daughter



Levite's Concubine



Peninnah



Bathsheba



Jezebel



God's Wife




Women in the Deuterocanonical Books


Anna



Judith's Slave



Susanna




Women in the New Testament


Mary, the Mother of Jesus



Bleeding Woman



Samaritan Woman



Woman Caught in Adultery



Mary Magdalene



Prisca



Questions for Discussion


Bibliography