Just Wives? Stories of Power and Survival in the Old Testament and Today.Just Wives? Stories of Power and Survival in the Old Testament and Today. By Katharine Doob Sakenfeld (Westminster John Knox, $14.95). S. tells the story of eleven women in the Old Testament: Sarah, Hagar, Ruth, Naomi, Vashti, Esther, Michal, Abigail, Bathsheba, Gomer Gomer (gō`mər), in the Bible. 1 Wife of the prophet Hosea. 2 Son of Japheth and eponym of a people, probably the Cimmerians. Gomer Hosea’s wanton wife. [O.T. , and the good wife of Proverbs Proverbs, book of the Bible. It is a collection of sayings, many of them moral maxims, in no special order. The teaching is of a practical nature; it does not dwell on the salvation-historical traditions of Israel, but is individual and universal based on the 31. The one thing these women have in common is that they are wives, but S. explores here the relevance of their stories for diverse situations beyond marriage. S. investigates the sociocultural so·ci·o·cul·tur·al adj. Of or involving both social and cultural factors. so  ci·o·cul back-ground of the biblical material and the rhetorical rhe·tor·i·cal adj. 1. Of or relating to rhetoric. 2. Characterized by overelaborate or bombastic rhetoric. 3. Used for persuasive effect: a speech punctuated by rhetorical pauses. design of the texts. She also brings to the table ways in which each text is viewed by women in cultures very different from her own. Lots of good insights here for a fresh adult forum. |
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