Job's Wife, is a one-act play in verse examining the response of Job's wife to the suffering of Job of the Bible. It is as much a paragon of poignancy as it is
Her husband is sitting in the ash heap, scraping his diseased body with a piece of pottery. Her children have been killed, along with most of the servants. The
“This splendid reference describes every woman in Jewish and Christian scripture . . . monumental” (Library Journal). In recent decades, many biblical schol
In highly accessible essays, the book covers the history, achievements, and cutting-edge questions in the area of gender and biblical scholarship, including vio