Let Her Speak for Herself: Nineteenth-Century Women Writing on Women in Genesis
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Let Her Speak for Herself: Nineteenth-Century Women Writing on Women in Genesis
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Overview
The women of Genesis - Eve, Sarah, Hagar, Rebekah, Leah, and Rachel - intrigued and informed the lives of nineteenth-century women. These women read the biblical stories for themselves and looked for ways to expand, reinforce, or challenge the traditional understanding of women's lives. They communicated their readings of Genesis using diverse genres ranging from poetry to commentary.
Product Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781602581012 |
|---|---|
| Publisher: | Baylor University Press |
| Publication date: | 10/01/2006 |
| Sold by: | Barnes & Noble |
| Format: | eBook |
| Pages: | 513 |
| File size: | 6 MB |
About the Author
Marion Ann Taylor is Associate Professor of Old Testament at the University of Toronto.
Heather E. Weir is Instructor at the Toronto School of Theology at Wycliffe College.
Table of Contents
Preface
Introduction
Part 1: Eve-The Mother of Us All
1 Hannah Mather Crocker
Observations on the Real Rights of Women (1818)
2 Lucy Barton
Bible Letters for Children (1832)
3 Esther Hewlett Copley
Scripture History for Youth (1833) and Scripture Biography (1835)
4 Favell Lee Mortimer
The Peep of Day (1833)
5 Sarah Moore Grimké
Letters on the Equality of the Sexes, and the Condition of Woman (1838)
6 Angelina Emily Grimké Weld
Letters to Catherine Beecher (1838)
7 Catherine Hunt Putnam
The Gospel by Moses, in the Book of Genesis; or, the Old Testament Unveiled (1854)
8 E. C. C. Baillie
The Protoplast (1853)
9 Cecil Frances (Fanny)
Alexander "The Temptation" (1854)
10 Sophia Goodrich Ashton
The Mothers of the Bible (1855)
11 Christina Georgina Rossetti
"Eve" (1866) and "A Helpmeet for Him" (1888)
12 Charlotte Maria Tucker (A.L.O.E.)
House Beautiful (1868)
13 Sarah Town Martyn
Women of the Bible (1868)
14 Elizabeth Rundle Charles
Sketches of the Women of Christendom (1880)
15 Etty Woosnam
The Women of the Bible: Old Testament (1881)
16 Ray Frank
"Women in the Synagogue" (1894)
17 Henriette Greenebaum Frank
"Modern Jewish Women" (1894)
18 Julia Wedgwood
The Message of Israel in the Light of Modern Criticism (1894)
19 Lillie Devereux Blake
The Woman's Bible (1895)
20 Elizabeth Baxter
The Women of the Word (1897)
Conclusion
Part 2: Sarah-The First Mother of Israel
21 Sarah Trimmer
A Help to the Unlearned in the Study of the Holy Scriptures (1805)
22 Frances Elizabeth King
Female Scripture Characters: Exemplifying Female Virtues (1813)
23 Sarah Ewing Hall
Conversations on the Bible (1818)
24 Grace Aguilar
The Women of Israel (1845)
25 Rebekah Hyneman
"Sarah" (1846)
26 Elizabeth Fries Ellet
Family Pictures from the Bible (1849)
27 Catherine Hunt Putnam
The Gospel by Moses in the Book of Genesis (1854)
28 Sophia Goodrich Ashton
The Mothers of the Bible (1855)
29 Harriet Beecher Stowe
Women in Sacred History (1873)
30 Etty Woosnam
The Women of the Bible: Old Testament (1881)
31 Julia Wedgwood
The Message of Israel in the Light of Modern Criticism (1894)
32 Clara Bewick Colby
The Woman's Bible (1895)
33 Elizabeth Baxter
The Women in the Word (1897)
Conclusion
Part 3: Hagar-The Wanderer
34 Sarah Trimmer
A Help to the Unlearned (1805)
35 Sarah Hall
Conversations on the Bible (1818)
36 Grace Aguilar
"The Wanderers" (1838)
37 Penina Moise
"Genesis, Chap. XXI" (1842)
38 Susan Warner
Walks from Eden (1866)
39 Charlotte Maria Tucker (A.L.O.E.)
House Beautiful (1868)
40 Sarah Town Martyn
Women of the Bible (1868)
41 Harriet Beecher Stowe
Women in Sacred History (1873) and Footsteps of the Master (1877)
42 Etty Woosnam
The Women of the Bible: Old Testament (1881)
43 Mary Elizabeth Beck
Bible Readings on Bible Women (1892)
44 Harriet Morton
From the Beginning or Stories from Genesis (1893)
45 M. G.
Women like Ourselves (1893)
46 Josephine Elizabeth Butler
The Lady of Shunem (1894)
47 Sarah Elizabeth Turnock
The Women of the Bible (1898)
48 Eloise Alberta Bibb
"The Expulsion of Hagar" (1895)
49 Mary L. T. Witter
Angels (1900)
Conclusion
Part 4: Rebekah-Mother of Two Nations
50 Frances Elizabeth King
Female Scripture Characters; Exemplifying Female Virtues (1813)
51 Lady Morgan
Woman and Her Master (1840)
52 Grace Aguilar
The Women of Israel (1845)
53 Cecil Frances (Fanny) Alexander
"Isaac and Rebekah" (1854)
54 Sarah Hale
Woman's Record (1855)
55 Susan Warner
Walks from Eden (1866)
56 Etty Woosnam
The Women of the Bible: Old Testament (1881)
57 Elizabeth Julia Hasell
Bible Partings (1883)
58 Mary L. T. Witter
The Edomites (1888)
59 Mary Elizabeth Beck
Bible Readings on Bible Women (1892)
60 M.G.
Women Like Ourselves (1893)
61 Ada Ruth Habershon
The Study of the Types (1898)
Conclusion
Part 5: Leah and Rachel-Founder of the House of Israel
62 Adelaide O'Keeffe
Patriarchal Times (1811)
63 Mary Cornwallis
Observations, Critical, Explanatory, and Practical on the Canonical Scriptures (1817)
64 Sarah Hall
Conversations on the Bible (1818)
65 Grace Aguilar
The Women of Israel (1845)
66 Clara Lucas Balfour
The Women of Scripture (1847)
67 Sarah Hale
Woman's Record (1855)
68 Constance and Annie de Rothschild
The History and Literature of the Israelites (1870)
69 Harriet Beecher Stowe
Women in Sacred History (1873)
70 Leigh Norval
Women of the Bible (1889)
71 M. G.
Women Like Ourselves (1893)
72 Elizabeth Baxter
The Woman in the Word (1897)
73 Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Clara Bewick Colby
The Woman's Bible (1895)
Conclusion
Part 6: Lot's Wife and Daughters, Dinah, Tamar, Potiphar's Wife-The Other Women of Genesis
Lot's Wife and Daughters
74 Sarah Trimmer
A Help to the Unlearned in the Study of the Holy Scriptures (1805)
75 Mary Cornwallis
Observations, Critical, Explanatory, and Practical on the Canonical Scriptures (1817)
76 Sarah Ewing Hall
Conversations on the Bible (1818)
77 Eliza Smith
The Battles of the Bible (1852)
78 Sophia Goodrich Ashton
The Mothers of the Bible (1877)
79 Charlotte Mary Yonge
Young Folks' Bible History (1880)
80 Etty Woosnam
The Women of the Bible: Old Testament (1881)
81 Mrs. Donaldson
Home Duties for Wives and Mothers, Illustrated by Women of Scripture (1882)
Dinah
82 Sarah Trimmer
A Help to the Unlearned in the Study of the Holy Scriptures (1805)
83 Mary Cornwallis
Observations, Critical, Explanatory, and Practical on the Canonical Scriptures (1817)
84 Sarah Hale
Woman's Record (1855)
85 M. G.
Women Like Ourselves (1893)
Tamar
86 Sarah Trimmer
A Help to the Unlearned in the Study of Holy Scripture (1805)
87 Mary Cornwallis
Observations, Critical, Explanatory, and Practical on the Canonical Scriptures (1817)
88 Sarah Hale
Woman's Record (1855)
Potiphar's Wife
89 Mary Cornwallis
Observations, Critical, Explanatory, and Practical on the Canonical Scriptures (1817)
90 Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Lillie Devereux Blake
The Woman's Bible (1895)
Conclusion
Bibliography
Subject Index
Scripture Index
What People are Saying About This
It is hard to imagine that anyone could discover a genuinely fresh approach to modern biblical interpretation, yet Taylor and Weir have done just that. At the same time, they offer new insight into the life, learning, and thinking of nineteenth-century women, both Jews and Christians. Their careful work will benefit scholars and students of modern history, biblical studies, and women's studies.
This is at once an exciting book to plunge into and a treasure-trove to be explored at leisure. The result of prodigious research and meticulous attention to detail, the book also succeeds in being highly accessible and delightfully engaging. Taylor and Weir induct us sympathetically into the various social worlds of the women and their readers and help us to appreciate the way writers, readers, and historical context are bound together, so that interpreting the Bible is seen to be a living process. This remarkable book is suited to a wide audience and will be a great resource for college or seminary courses.
It is hard to imagine that anyone could discover a genuinely fresh approach to modern biblical interpretation, yet Taylor and Weir have done just that. At the same time, they offer new insight into the life, learning, and thinking of nineteenth-century women, both Jews and Christians. Their careful work will benefit scholars and students of modern history, biblical studies, and women's studies.
An invaluable collection of rare primary sources. Taylor and Weir's introductions to the authors and summarizing analyses enhance the significance of this book for the history of biblical interpretation, women's studies, and nineteenth century cultural history.
This remarkable volume not only fills a painful lacuna in the history of biblical interpretation, but it opens up a new field within the discipline by recovering hundreds of forgotten female voices. I am confident that this volume will serve as an important catalyst to subsequent generations who will be stimulated to pursue a gripping subject matter still largely unexplored.