Athalya Brenner-Idan is Professor Emerita of the HB\OT Chair at the Universiteit van Amsterdam, The Netherlands; and currently Professor in Biblical Studies at the Department of Hebrew Culture Studies, Tel Aviv University, Israel, and Research Associate at the Biblia Arabica Project there. In addition, she is Extraordinary Professor at the Department of OT/NT, Faculty of Theology, Stellenbosch University, South Africa. Her website is http://athalya-morah-letorah.com.

• Abbreviations/ List of Contributors/ Athalya Brenner/ Introduction/ Part I/ Sexuality and Politics n the Book of Samuel/ Silvia Schroer and Thomas Staubli/ Saul, David and Jonathan - The Story of a Triangle? A Contribution to the Issue of Homosexuality in the First Testament/ Lillian R. Klein/ Michal, the Barren Wife/ Lillian R. Klein/ Bathsheba Revealed/ Adrien Janis Bledstein/ Tamar and the 'Coat of Many Colours'/ Part II/ Women and Men of God in the Books of Kings/ Uta Schmidt/ Center or Fringe? Positioning the Wife Of Jeroboam (1 Kings 14.1-18)/ Jopie Siebert-Hommes/ The Widow of Zarephath and the Great Woman of Shumen: A Comparative Analysis of Two Stories/ Mary E. Shields/ Subverting a Man of God. Elevating a Woman: Role and Power Reversals in 2 Kings 4/ Mary E. Shields/ Self-Response to 'Subverting a Man of God, Elevating a Woman: Role and Power Reverslas in 2 Kings 4'/ Laurel Lanter/ Cannibal Mothers and ME: A Mother's Reading of 2 Kings 6.24-7.20/ Bibliography/ Index of References/ Index of Authors

Athalya Brenner-Idan is Professor Emerita of the HB\OT Chair at the Universiteit van Amsterdam, The Netherlands; and currently Professor in Biblical Studies at the Department of Hebrew Culture Studies, Tel Aviv University, Israel, and Research Associate at the Biblia Arabica Project there. In addition, she is Extraordinary Professor at the Department of OT/NT, Faculty of Theology, Stellenbosch University, South Africa. Her website is http://athalya-morah-letorah.com.

• Abbreviations/ List of Contributors/ Athalya Brenner/ Introduction/ Part I/ Sexuality and Politics n the Book of Samuel/ Silvia Schroer and Thomas Staubli/ Saul, David and Jonathan - The Story of a Triangle? A Contribution to the Issue of Homosexuality in the First Testament/ Lillian R. Klein/ Michal, the Barren Wife/ Lillian R. Klein/ Bathsheba Revealed/ Adrien Janis Bledstein/ Tamar and the 'Coat of Many Colours'/ Part II/ Women and Men of God in the Books of Kings/ Uta Schmidt/ Center or Fringe? Positioning the Wife Of Jeroboam (1 Kings 14.1-18)/ Jopie Siebert-Hommes/ The Widow of Zarephath and the Great Woman of Shumen: A Comparative Analysis of Two Stories/ Mary E. Shields/ Subverting a Man of God. Elevating a Woman: Role and Power Reversals in 2 Kings 4/ Mary E. Shields/ Self-Response to 'Subverting a Man of God, Elevating a Woman: Role and Power Reverslas in 2 Kings 4'/ Laurel Lanter/ Cannibal Mothers and ME: A Mother's Reading of 2 Kings 6.24-7.20/ Bibliography/ Index of References/ Index of Authors

Athalya Brenner-Idan is Professor Emerita of the HB\OT Chair at the Universiteit van Amsterdam, The Netherlands; and currently Professor in Biblical Studies at the Department of Hebrew Culture Studies, Tel Aviv University, Israel, and Research Associate at the Biblia Arabica Project there. In addition, she is Extraordinary Professor at the Department of OT/NT, Faculty of Theology, Stellenbosch University, South Africa. Her website is http://athalya-morah-letorah.com.

• Abbreviations/ List of Contributors/ Athalya Brenner/ Introduction/ Part I/ Sexuality and Politics n the Book of Samuel/ Silvia Schroer and Thomas Staubli/ Saul, David and Jonathan - The Story of a Triangle? A Contribution to the Issue of Homosexuality in the First Testament/ Lillian R. Klein/ Michal, the Barren Wife/ Lillian R. Klein/ Bathsheba Revealed/ Adrien Janis Bledstein/ Tamar and the 'Coat of Many Colours'/ Part II/ Women and Men of God in the Books of Kings/ Uta Schmidt/ Center or Fringe? Positioning the Wife Of Jeroboam (1 Kings 14.1-18)/ Jopie Siebert-Hommes/ The Widow of Zarephath and the Great Woman of Shumen: A Comparative Analysis of Two Stories/ Mary E. Shields/ Subverting a Man of God. Elevating a Woman: Role and Power Reversals in 2 Kings 4/ Mary E. Shields/ Self-Response to 'Subverting a Man of God, Elevating a Woman: Role and Power Reverslas in 2 Kings 4'/ Laurel Lanter/ Cannibal Mothers and ME: A Mother's Reading of 2 Kings 6.24-7.20/ Bibliography/ Index of References/ Index of Authors