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The lost coin : parables of women, work, and wisdom

Title
The lost coin : parables of women, work, and wisdom / edited by Mary Ann Beavis.
Publication
London ; New York : Sheffield Academic Press, c2002.

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Additional Authors
Beavis, Mary Ann.
Description
344 p. : ill; 24 cm.
Series Statement
The biblical seminar ; 86
Uniform Title
Biblical seminar ; 86.
Alternative Title
Parables of women, work and wisdom
Subject
  • Jesus Christ > Parables
  • Bible. > Parables > Feminist criticism
  • Gospel of Thomas > Parables > Feminist criticism
  • Women in the Bible
  • Work > Biblical teaching
  • Wisdom (Biblical personification) > Feminist criticism
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. [313]-327) and indexes.
Contents
'Swept under the rug' : feminist homilectical reflections on the parable of the lost coin (Lk. 15.8-9) / Linda Maloney -- Joy in heaven, sorrow on earth : Luke 15.10 / Mary Ann Beavis -- Proclaiming the parable of the persistent widow (Lk. 18.2-5) / Mary W. Matthews, Carter Shelley and Barbara Scheele -- Opening the closed door : a feminst rereading of the 'wise and foolish virgins' (Mt. 25.1-13) / Vicky Balabanski -- 'Making up stories' : a feminist reading of the parable of the prodigal son (Lk. 15.11b-32) / Mary Ann Beavis -- Patched garments and ruined wine : whose folly? (Mk 2.21-22; Mt. 9.16-17; Lk. 5.36-37) / Pheme Perkins -- 'Women's work in the realm of god' (Mt. 13.33; Lk. 13.20, 21; Gos. Thom. 96; Mt. 6.28-30; Lk. 12.27-28; Gos. Thom. 36) / Holly Hearon and Antoinette Clark Wire -- Woman carrying a jar of meal (Gos. Thom. 97) / Kamila Blessing -- Language of mother work in the Gospel of Thomas : keeping momma out of the Kingdom (Gos. Thom. 22) / Kathleen Nash -- Who is the faithful steward? : Luke 12.41-45 / Deborah Core -- (Pro)creative parables of labour and childbirth (Jn 3.1-10 and 16.21-22) / Kathleen Rushton -- 'Bride' in John 3.29 : a feminist rereading / Adele Reinhartz -- Jesus/Holy Mother Wisdom (Mt. 23.37-39) / Elaine Guillemin -- Enigma of the yoke : declining in parables (Mt. 11.28-30) / Edith M. Humphrey -- Wisdom's children justified (Mt. 11.16-19; Lk. 7.31-35) / Barbara E. Reid -- Gathering : a mythic parable / Christin Lore Weber.
Call Number
JFE 03-9422
ISBN
1841273228 (hbk : alk. paper)
LCCN
2002489509
OCLC
51533512
Title
The lost coin : parables of women, work, and wisdom / edited by Mary Ann Beavis.
Imprint
London ; New York : Sheffield Academic Press, c2002.
Series
The biblical seminar ; 86
Biblical seminar ; 86.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p. [313]-327) and indexes.
Added Author
Beavis, Mary Ann.
Research Call Number
JFE 03-9422
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