Vindicating the Vixens: Revisiting Sexualized, Vilified, and Marginalized Women of the Bible

by Sandra L. Glahn

Book Overview

Gain a greater understanding of gender in the Bible through the eyes of a diverse group of evangelical scholars who assert that Christians have missed the point of some scriptural stories by assuming the women in them were "bad girls."

Did the Samaritan woman really divorce five husbands in a world where women rarely divorced even one? Did Bathsheba seduce King David by bathing in the nude? Was Mary Magdalene really a reformed prostitute?

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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0825444136
• ISBN13: 9780825444135
• Release Date: December 2017
• Publisher: Kregel Academic & Professional
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 0.98 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.9" x 8.9"