The Women's Bible Commentary - Gender, Circumcision, and Conversion
The Women's Bible Commentary - Gender, Circumcision, and Conversion
by SPCK - Newsom, Ringe and Lapsley
Gender, Circumcision, and Conversion The third movement of Acts opens with a gendered question: whether uncircumcised men may join The Way. Circumcision is a gendered question, and in non-Jewish circles it was viewed as a kind of “unmanning,” or genital mutilation…
The Women's Bible Commentary - Introduction of Speaker and Themes
The Women's Bible Commentary - Introduction of Speaker and Themes
by SPCK - Newsom, Ringe and Lapsley
Introduction of Speaker and Themes Despite the declaration that Ecclesiastes is king in Jerusalem, the speaker is probably best described as a sage or teacher, perhaps a mid-level official in the provincial administration…
THE WOMEN'S BIBLE COMMENTARY - Healings
THE WOMEN'S BIBLE COMMENTARY - Healings
by SPCK - Newsom, Ringe and Lapsley
Healings Chapters 8 and 9 consist of ten miracle stories and several controversy accounts. In the original version of this commentary, I suggested that Matthew focused on “those who are outcasts of or marginal participants in the Jewish cultic establishment— lepers (8:1–4), Genti…
THE WOMEN'S BIBLE COMMENTARY - How to Live as Exiles in the Empire
THE WOMEN'S BIBLE COMMENTARY - How to Live as Exiles in the Empire
by SPCK - Newsom, Ringe and Lapsley
How to Live as Exiles in the Empire Having asserted the identity of the community with images that distinguish Israel from other nations, the author recalls that identity with the phrase “aliens and exiles,”…
The Women's Bible Commentary - Horrors of War
The Women's Bible Commentary - Horrors of War
by SPCK - Newsom, Ringe and Lapsley
Horrors of War A new section of the book commences with the superscription in 13:1, which aims the two poems that follow toward Babylon and its ruler. This is of course puzzling, since it was not Babylon but Assyria that was being discussed immediately prior, and that will reappe…
THE WOMEN'S BIBLE COMMENTARY - Instruction for the Sanctuary and Priesthood
THE WOMEN'S BIBLE COMMENTARY - Instruction for the Sanctuary and Priesthood
by SPCK - Newsom, Ringe and Lapsley
Instruction for the Sanctuary and Priesthood While on the mountain for forty days and nights Moses receives instructions for the construction of the tabernacle and the ark of the covenant, as well as instructions on consecration of priests and construction of priestly vestments…
THE WOMEN'S BIBLE COMMENTARY - Israelites in Egypt