Starting with Eve and continuing chronologically through Scripture, the women of the Bible are shown as they have been captured and interpreted in the visions of artists and writers throughout history. Lavishly illustrated, each chapter is framed by scholarly commentary by Dorothee Solle, who has taken special care to interpret the biblical texts for the modern reader.
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Starting with Eve and continuing chronologically through Scripture, the women of the Bible are shown as they have been captured and interpreted in the visions of artists and writers throughout history. Lavishly illustrated, each chapter is framed by scholarly commentary by Dorothee Solle, who has taken special care to interpret the biblical texts for the modern reader.
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New. 0865544506. *** FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request *** – – *** IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT-FLAWLESS COPY, BRAND NEW, PRISTINE, NEVER OPENED--295 pages. Description: "Historical fascination with women of the Bible has contributed a great wealth of artistic images, literature, legends, fables, and religious poetry to Western traditions. From heroic figures such as Judith and Esther to deep friends like Ruth and Naomi, the Bible presents a plenitude of women whose deeds and desires have inspired Western art and culture for more than two thousand years. Culled from a larger, more expensive volume by the same authors first published by Eerdmans in 1994, this beautiful volume focuses on fifteen biblical characters and gloriously presents not only their stories but also more than 200 art-historical images of them, along with searching commentary by the late theologian Dorothee Soelle and discussion of their post-biblical legacies in art and literature by historian Joe Kirchberger. The figures discussed include Eve and Lilith, Sarah and Hagar, Tamar, Ruth and Naomi, Abigail, Judith, Esther, the woman who anointed Jesus, Mary of Magdala, Mary and Martha, and many more. This is a beautiful gift book with real substance. "--with a bonus offer--