Full Description
Deuteronomy, the final book of the Torah, is ostensibly addressed to males but it does not mean it lacks a concern for women. In this commentary on Deuteronomy, Johanna W. H. van Wijk-Bos provides serious feminist engagement with the complete text, paying specific attention to the effect it may have on women's perspectives, and considers ways the text highlights female presence or absence.
In this commentary, van Wijk-Bos encourages readers to question not only the patriarchal practices reflected in Deuteronomy, but also modern misogynist and androcentric assumptions that they may bring to the world of the text. Divided into eleven sections, Deuteronomy offers insight for our present time, as well as an opportunity to hear new voices, examine cultural and gender-biased interpretations, and draw other conclusions to open up new avenues of understanding God and ourselves.
Contents
Contents
List of Abbreviations ix
Acknowledgments xi
List of Contributors xiii
Foreword: "Tell It on the Mountain"—or, "And You Shall Tell Your Daughter [as Well]" xvii
Athalya Brenner-Idan
Editor's Introduction to Wisdom Commentary: "She Is a Breath of the Power of God" (Wis 7:25) xxi
Barbara E. Reid, OP
Author's Introduction xli
PART A: IN RETROSPECT Deuteronomy 1:1-11:25
Portion I: Words (1:1-3:22) 1
Portion II: I Pleaded (3:23-7:11) 27
Portion III: Therefore (7:12-11:25) 66
PART B: THE WAY TO LIVE Deuteronomy 11:26-25:19
Portion IV: See (11:26-16:17) 94
Portion V: Judges (16:18-21:9) 126
Portion VI: When You Go Out (21:10-25:19) 148
PART C: PROSPECTS Deuteronomy 26:1-34:12
Portion VII: When You Enter (26:1-29:8[9]) 200
Portion VIII: You Are Standing (29:9[10]-30:20) 222
Portion IX: He Went (31:1-30) 229
Portion X: Give Ear! (32:1-52) 235
Portion XI: This Is the Blessing (33:1-34:12) 243
Afterword 248
Works Cited 249
Index of Scripture References and Other Ancient Writings 264
Index of Subjects 278
