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The Women's Bible Commentary - Sexualized Social Evil
The Women's Bible Commentary - Sexualized Social Evil
by SPCK - Newsom, Ringe and Lapsley
Sexualized Social Evil Isaiah 3 continues to reflect on the corrupt elite of Jerusalem. Two groups are targeted. Verses 1–12 describe the removal of male leadership and the resulting chaos, while 3:16–4:1 describes the coming disgrace of wealthy women and of the city itself…
The Women's Bible Commentary - Speaking about Love
The Women's Bible Commentary - Speaking about Love
by SPCK - Newsom, Ringe and Lapsley
Speaking about Love These opening verses, by disorienting the reader with a seemingly dizzying array of speakers, abrupt scene changes (king’s chambers, vineyards, pastureland, Pharaoh’s stables, leafy bower, wine house), and variously identified lovers (royal figures, vineyard k…
The Women's Bible Commentary - The History of the People and Their Enemies in the Exodus
The Women's Bible Commentary - The History of the People and Their Enemies in the Exodus
by SPCK - Newsom, Ringe and Lapsley
The History of the People and Their Enemies in the Exodus The third part of the Wisdom of Solomon is marked by the sudden eclipse of Woman Wisdom, as God acts directly on behalf of the people…
The Women's Bible Commentary - The Household Code
The Women's Bible Commentary - The Household Code
by SPCK - Newsom, Ringe and Lapsley
The Household Code Household Duties in Greco-Roman Culture and Early Judaism As long ago as the fourth century BCE, philosophers considered the household a microcosm, the basic social unit whose structure ought to reflect the pyramidal structure of the whole society and even natu…
The Women's Bible Commentary - The Journey from Sinai to the East Bank of the Jordan
The Women's Bible Commentary - The Journey from Sinai to the East Bank of the Jordan
by SPCK - Newsom, Ringe and Lapsley
The Journey from Sinai to the East Bank of the Jordan Once the journey is underway, the bulk of this section of Part One focuses on disputes about leadership. Wholesale disobedience (Num. 14) results in a thirty-eight-year pause in the journey…
The Women's Bible Commentary - The Household Code
The Women's Bible Commentary - The Household Code
by SPCK - Newsom, Ringe and Lapsley
The Household Code The author believes that behaviour appropriate to the new life is communal in nature (3:12–15), constituted by Christian worship (3:16–17), and marked by the peace and harmony of the reconciled creation (3:14)…
The Women's Bible Commentary - The Lord’s Prayer
The Women's Bible Commentary - The Lord’s Prayer
by SPCK - Newsom, Ringe and Lapsley
The Lord’s Prayer The address “father in heaven” (6:9; see also 5:16, 45, 48; 6:1, 15, 18, 26, 32, and so on) can prove difficult for readers who suffered abuse at the hands of their fathers or who chafe at patriarchal language…
The Women's Bible Commentary - The Violation of Earth and Zion
The Women's Bible Commentary - The Violation of Earth and Zion
by SPCK - Newsom, Ringe and Lapsley
The Violation of Earth and Zion The author foregrounds the story of the Maccabees’ rebellion against the Seleucids with the exploits of Alexander the Great (ca. 333 BCE; 1:1–4). The taut narrative links Antiochus IV to Alexander and his immediate successors, who are condemned as …
The Women's Bible Commentary - The Women of Thessalonica and Beroea, and Damaris of Athens