The Lost Coin : Parables of Women, Work, and Wisdom.
Beavis, Mary Ann.
The Lost Coin : Parables of Women, Work, and Wisdom. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (345 pages) - Biblical Seminar Series . - Biblical Seminar Series .
Cover -- Contents -- Abbreviations -- List of Contributors -- Foreword -- Introduction: Seeking the 'Lost Coin' of Parables about Women -- I: 'LOST' PARABLES OF WOMEN -- 'Swept Under the Rug': Feminist Homiletical Reflections on the Parable of the Lost Coin (Lk. 15.8-9) -- Joy in Heaven, Sorrow on Earth: Luke 15.10 -- Proclaiming the Parable of the Persistent Widow (Lk. 18.2-5) -- Opening the Closed Door: A Feminist Rereading of the 'Wise and Foolish Virgins' (Mt. 25.1-13) -- 'Making Up Stories': A Feminist Reading of the Parable of the Prodigal Son (Lk. 15.1 lb-32) -- II: PARABLES OF WOMEN'S WORK -- Patched Garments and Ruined Wine: Whose Folly? (Mk 2.21-22 -- Mt. 9.16-17 -- Lk. 5.36-37) -- 'Women's Work in the Realm of God' (Mt. 13.33 -- Lk. 13.20, 21 -- Gos. Thom. 96 -- Mt. 6.28-30 -- Lk. 12.27-28 -- Gos. Thom. 36) -- The Woman Carrying a Jar of Meal (Gos. Thom. 97) -- The Language of Mother Work in the Gospel of Thomas: Keeping Momma out of the Kingdom (Gos. Thom. 22) -- Who Is the Faithful Steward? Luke 12.41-45 -- III: JOHANNINE METAPHORS OF MOTHER AND BRIDE -- The (Pro)creative Parables of Labour and Childbirth (Jn 3.1-10 and 16.21-22) -- The 'Bride' in John 3.29: A Feminist Rereading -- IV: PARABLES OF WISDOM/SOPHIA -- Jesus/Holy Mother Wisdom (Mt. 23.37-39) -- The Enigma of the Yoke: Declining in Parables (Mt. 11.28-30) -- Wisdom's Children Justified (Mt. 11.16-19 -- Lk. 7.31-35) -- V: FINDING PARABLE -- Gathering: A Mythic Parable -- Bibliography -- Index of References -- Index of Authors -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- V -- W -- Z.
9780567360250
Bible.-Gospels-Parables-Feminist criticism.
Electronic books.
BT375.3 .L67 2002
226.8/06/082
The Lost Coin : Parables of Women, Work, and Wisdom. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (345 pages) - Biblical Seminar Series . - Biblical Seminar Series .
Cover -- Contents -- Abbreviations -- List of Contributors -- Foreword -- Introduction: Seeking the 'Lost Coin' of Parables about Women -- I: 'LOST' PARABLES OF WOMEN -- 'Swept Under the Rug': Feminist Homiletical Reflections on the Parable of the Lost Coin (Lk. 15.8-9) -- Joy in Heaven, Sorrow on Earth: Luke 15.10 -- Proclaiming the Parable of the Persistent Widow (Lk. 18.2-5) -- Opening the Closed Door: A Feminist Rereading of the 'Wise and Foolish Virgins' (Mt. 25.1-13) -- 'Making Up Stories': A Feminist Reading of the Parable of the Prodigal Son (Lk. 15.1 lb-32) -- II: PARABLES OF WOMEN'S WORK -- Patched Garments and Ruined Wine: Whose Folly? (Mk 2.21-22 -- Mt. 9.16-17 -- Lk. 5.36-37) -- 'Women's Work in the Realm of God' (Mt. 13.33 -- Lk. 13.20, 21 -- Gos. Thom. 96 -- Mt. 6.28-30 -- Lk. 12.27-28 -- Gos. Thom. 36) -- The Woman Carrying a Jar of Meal (Gos. Thom. 97) -- The Language of Mother Work in the Gospel of Thomas: Keeping Momma out of the Kingdom (Gos. Thom. 22) -- Who Is the Faithful Steward? Luke 12.41-45 -- III: JOHANNINE METAPHORS OF MOTHER AND BRIDE -- The (Pro)creative Parables of Labour and Childbirth (Jn 3.1-10 and 16.21-22) -- The 'Bride' in John 3.29: A Feminist Rereading -- IV: PARABLES OF WISDOM/SOPHIA -- Jesus/Holy Mother Wisdom (Mt. 23.37-39) -- The Enigma of the Yoke: Declining in Parables (Mt. 11.28-30) -- Wisdom's Children Justified (Mt. 11.16-19 -- Lk. 7.31-35) -- V: FINDING PARABLE -- Gathering: A Mythic Parable -- Bibliography -- Index of References -- Index of Authors -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- V -- W -- Z.
9780567360250
Bible.-Gospels-Parables-Feminist criticism.
Electronic books.
BT375.3 .L67 2002
226.8/06/082