Women of War, Women of Woe: Joshua and Judges through the Eyes of Nineteenth-Century Female Biblical Interpreters

Synopsis

Recovering A Neglected Chapter Of Reception History, This Unique Volume Gathers Select Writings By Thirty-five Nineteenth-century Women On The Stories Of Several Women In Joshua And Judges, Including Rahab, Deborah, Jael, And Delilah. (back Cover). 1. Rahab. Sarah Ewing Hall: A Sanitized Rahab -- Susanna Haswell Rowson: Is Lying Always Wrong? -- Sarah Hale: Redeeming Rahab -- Cecil Frances (fanny) Alexander: From Scarlet Thread To Blood Drops -- Charlotte Maria Tucker: The Sign Of The Cord -- Etty Woosnam: True Conversion -- Leigh Norval: Daring To Be Different -- Josephine Elizabeth Butler: The Saving Shelter Of The Home -- Elizabeth Cady Stanton: The Question Of Motives -- 2. Achsah, Caleb's Daughter. Lydia: Aschsah Spiritually Considered -- Grace Aguilar: Achsah And The Age Of Chivalry -- Charlotte Maria Tucker: The Hebrew Daughter's Prayer -- Elizabeth Cady Stanton: Assertiveness Training -- Marianne Farningham: Giving Good Gifts -- 3. Deborah. Grace Aguilar: Superwoman -- Clara Balfour: Redefining Femininity -- Barbara Kellison: Helpmeet And Head -- Julia Mcnair Wright: Knowledge Is Power -- Harriet Beecher Stowe: An Inspired Poet -- Elizabeth Baxter: An Imperfect, But Useful Woman -- Clara B. Neyman: Genius Knows No Sex -- 4. Jael. Sarah Ewing Hall: Jael's Masculine Resolution And Cruelty -- Mary Cornwallis: Using The Only Means In Her Power -- Eliza R. Stansbury Steele: A Mother's Love -- Eliza Smith: The Worst Woman Ever -- Emily Owen: Jael: A Heroine? -- Constance De Rothschild And Annie De Rothschild: A True Hebrew Woman At Heart -- Harriet Beecher Stowe: The Tiger, Tracked, Snared, And Caught -- Elizabeth Jane Whately: God's Executioner -- Etty Woosnam: Unsexing Jael And Fighting Demon Drink -- Anne Mercier: Deborah Was Wrong About Jael -- M.g.: Nailing Sin To The Cross -- Elizabeth Cady Stanton: Cold-blooded Fiend. 5. Jephthah's Daughter. Caroline Howard Gilman: Obedient Unto Death -- Sarah Ewing Hall: A Child Protests: A Mother Listens -- Mary Anne Schimmelpenninck: It's All About Translation -- Susanna Rowson: The American Dream Sacrificed -- Eliza R. Stansbury Steele: Maid Of Gilead, Fare Thee Well -- Adelia C. Graves: Her Life Bought Our Freedom -- Rose Terry Cooke: Cursed Above All Women -- Cecil Frances Alexander: Saintly Sacrifice -- Leigh Norval: Like Father, Like Daughter -- Elizabeth Cady Stanton: A Woman In The No-name Series -- Louisa Southworth: Only A Girl -- 6. Manoah's Wife. Grace Aguilar: Conceling Your Superiority -- Mary Elizabeth Beck: Drink Milk Not Beer -- Edith M. Dewhurst: Nameless But Known -- M.g.: Saintly Mothers -- Clara B. Neyman: Demythologizing The Angel -- Elizabeth Cady Stanton: Mrs. Manoah Doe -- 7. Delilah. Mary Cornwallis: A Cautionary Tale -- Sarah Hale: Samson The Traitor -- Harriet Beecher Stowe: Delilah The Destroyer -- Ella Wheeler Wilcox: The Road To Sweet Hell -- Clara B. Neyman: The Double Standard -- 8. The Levite's Concubine. Mary Cornwallis: Abused To Death -- Josephine Butler: The Weak And Prostrate Figure Lying At Our Door -- Josephine Butler: Cold Dead Hands Upon Our Threshold. Edited By Marion Ann Taylor And Christiana De Groot. Includes Bibliographical References And Indexes.