Dan W. Clanton, Jr. is Assistant Professor of Religious Studies at Doane College in Crete, NE

Exploring teh Bible's presentations of Eve, Sarah and Hagar, Delilah, Ruth, Judith, and Susanna and the re-presentation of their stories in painting and film, novels and children's books, opera and theology, Clanton prompts enw ways of reading, seeing, hearing, and understanding. Instructive for anyone interested in the cultural appropriations of Scripture, the volume would make an excellent textbook for the undergraduate classroom.   -- Amy-Jill Levine, E. Rhodes and Leona B. Carpenter Professor of New Testament Studies, Vanderbilt Divinity School

• AcknowledgmentsIntroductionChapter One-"A Hard Headed Woman"? Eve in the Hebrew Bible and Later Interpretations1.1 Eve in Genesis 2-31.2 Ambiguities and Questions1.3 Later Readings1.4 Conclusions1.5 Study QuestionsChapter Two - "Two Fires Burning" Sarah and Hagar and the History of Interpretation2.1 Sarah and Hagar in Genesis 11-232.2 Ambiguities and Questions2.3 Conclusions2.4 Study QuestionsChapter Three - Trollops and Temptresses: Delilahs in Judges, Camille Saint-Saens's Samson et Dalila, and Twentieth-Century Popular Music3.1 Delilah in the Book of Judges3.2 Camille Saint-Saens's Samson et Dalila3.3 Delilah in Twentieth-Century Pop Music3.4 Conclusions3.5 Study QuestionsChapter Four - "Gee, Baby, Ain't I Good To You?" Unreturned and Empty Love in the Book of Ruth4.1 The Biblical Story of Ruth4.2 Ambiguities and Questions4.3 Conclusions4.4 Study QuestionsChapter Five - "If I Perish, I Perish" Esthers in Film5.1 The Biblical Story of Esther5.2 Cinematic Interpretations of Esther5.3 Conclusions5.4 Study QuestionsChapter Six - "Judy in Disguise" D.W. Griffith's Judith of Bethulia6.1 Summary and Analysis of the Book of Judith6.2 Thomas Bailey Aldrich's "Judiths"6.3 D.W. Griffith's Judith of Bethulia6.4 Conclusions6.5 Study QuestionsChapter Seven - "Susie-Q, Baby, I Love You" Susanna and Art in the Renaissance7.1 Summary of Susanna7.2 Tintoretto7.3 Rembrandt7.4 Conclusions7.5 Study QuestionsChapter Eight - Why We Should Care About The History Of InterpretationsBibliography Index

Dan W. Clanton, Jr. is Assistant Professor of Religious Studies at Doane College in Crete, NE

Exploring teh Bible's presentations of Eve, Sarah and Hagar, Delilah, Ruth, Judith, and Susanna and the re-presentation of their stories in painting and film, novels and children's books, opera and theology, Clanton prompts enw ways of reading, seeing, hearing, and understanding. Instructive for anyone interested in the cultural appropriations of Scripture, the volume would make an excellent textbook for the undergraduate classroom.   -- Amy-Jill Levine, E. Rhodes and Leona B. Carpenter Professor of New Testament Studies, Vanderbilt Divinity School

• AcknowledgmentsIntroductionChapter One-"A Hard Headed Woman"? Eve in the Hebrew Bible and Later Interpretations1.1 Eve in Genesis 2-31.2 Ambiguities and Questions1.3 Later Readings1.4 Conclusions1.5 Study QuestionsChapter Two - "Two Fires Burning" Sarah and Hagar and the History of Interpretation2.1 Sarah and Hagar in Genesis 11-232.2 Ambiguities and Questions2.3 Conclusions2.4 Study QuestionsChapter Three - Trollops and Temptresses: Delilahs in Judges, Camille Saint-Saens's Samson et Dalila, and Twentieth-Century Popular Music3.1 Delilah in the Book of Judges3.2 Camille Saint-Saens's Samson et Dalila3.3 Delilah in Twentieth-Century Pop Music3.4 Conclusions3.5 Study QuestionsChapter Four - "Gee, Baby, Ain't I Good To You?" Unreturned and Empty Love in the Book of Ruth4.1 The Biblical Story of Ruth4.2 Ambiguities and Questions4.3 Conclusions4.4 Study QuestionsChapter Five - "If I Perish, I Perish" Esthers in Film5.1 The Biblical Story of Esther5.2 Cinematic Interpretations of Esther5.3 Conclusions5.4 Study QuestionsChapter Six - "Judy in Disguise" D.W. Griffith's Judith of Bethulia6.1 Summary and Analysis of the Book of Judith6.2 Thomas Bailey Aldrich's "Judiths"6.3 D.W. Griffith's Judith of Bethulia6.4 Conclusions6.5 Study QuestionsChapter Seven - "Susie-Q, Baby, I Love You" Susanna and Art in the Renaissance7.1 Summary of Susanna7.2 Tintoretto7.3 Rembrandt7.4 Conclusions7.5 Study QuestionsChapter Eight - Why We Should Care About The History Of InterpretationsBibliography Index

Dan W. Clanton, Jr. is Assistant Professor of Religious Studies at Doane College in Crete, NE

Exploring teh Bible's presentations of Eve, Sarah and Hagar, Delilah, Ruth, Judith, and Susanna and the re-presentation of their stories in painting and film, novels and children's books, opera and theology, Clanton prompts enw ways of reading, seeing, hearing, and understanding. Instructive for anyone interested in the cultural appropriations of Scripture, the volume would make an excellent textbook for the undergraduate classroom.   -- Amy-Jill Levine, E. Rhodes and Leona B. Carpenter Professor of New Testament Studies, Vanderbilt Divinity School

• AcknowledgmentsIntroductionChapter One-"A Hard Headed Woman"? Eve in the Hebrew Bible and Later Interpretations1.1 Eve in Genesis 2-31.2 Ambiguities and Questions1.3 Later Readings1.4 Conclusions1.5 Study QuestionsChapter Two - "Two Fires Burning" Sarah and Hagar and the History of Interpretation2.1 Sarah and Hagar in Genesis 11-232.2 Ambiguities and Questions2.3 Conclusions2.4 Study QuestionsChapter Three - Trollops and Temptresses: Delilahs in Judges, Camille Saint-Saens's Samson et Dalila, and Twentieth-Century Popular Music3.1 Delilah in the Book of Judges3.2 Camille Saint-Saens's Samson et Dalila3.3 Delilah in Twentieth-Century Pop Music3.4 Conclusions3.5 Study QuestionsChapter Four - "Gee, Baby, Ain't I Good To You?" Unreturned and Empty Love in the Book of Ruth4.1 The Biblical Story of Ruth4.2 Ambiguities and Questions4.3 Conclusions4.4 Study QuestionsChapter Five - "If I Perish, I Perish" Esthers in Film5.1 The Biblical Story of Esther5.2 Cinematic Interpretations of Esther5.3 Conclusions5.4 Study QuestionsChapter Six - "Judy in Disguise" D.W. Griffith's Judith of Bethulia6.1 Summary and Analysis of the Book of Judith6.2 Thomas Bailey Aldrich's "Judiths"6.3 D.W. Griffith's Judith of Bethulia6.4 Conclusions6.5 Study QuestionsChapter Seven - "Susie-Q, Baby, I Love You" Susanna and Art in the Renaissance7.1 Summary of Susanna7.2 Tintoretto7.3 Rembrandt7.4 Conclusions7.5 Study QuestionsChapter Eight - Why We Should Care About The History Of InterpretationsBibliography Index