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.
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AbbreviationsAthalya BrennerIntroductionPart IEsther: When Gender Politics Represent Power Politics / Susan NiditchEsther: Folklore, Wisdom, Feminism and Authority / Kristin de TroyerAn Oriental Beauty Parlour: An Analysis of Esther 2.8-18 in the Hebrew, the Septuagint and the Second Greek Text / Athalya Brenner Looking at Esther through the Looking Glass / Alice Bach Mirror, Mirror in the Text: Reflections on Reading and Re-reading / Timothy K. Beal Tracing Esther's Beginnings / Bea Wyler Esther: The Incomplete Emancipation of a Queen / Zefira Gitay Esther and the Queen's Throne / Lillian R. Klein Honor and Shame in Esther/ Leila Leah BronnerEsther Revisited: An Aggadic Approach / Diane WolksstienEsther's StoryPart IIJudith: On Power, Leadership and Knowledge / Amy-Jill LevineSacrifice and Salvation: Otherness and Domestication in the Book of Judith / Ijan Willem van Henten Judith as Alternative Leader: A Rereading of Judith 7-13 / Mieke Bal Head Hunting: 'Judith' on the Cutting Edge of Knowledge Part IIISusanna: The Reader's Power/Knowledge - on Viewing a Jewish Woman/Community / JenniferA. GlancyThe Accused: Susanna and her Readers / Amy-Jill Levine'Hemmed in on Every Side': Jews and Women in the Book of SusannaBibliography
