The Bible and Women
Until recently, biblical scholarship was often occupied with the emergence of biblical texts, with their authorship and origins, redactors, and possible sources. Publications focusing on the reception of the Bible and the history of biblical interpretation were relatively rare. The Bible and Women series is a collaborative, international project designed to help fill this gap in biblical research.
The twenty-one volumes of The Bible and Women project, to be published simultaneously in German, English, Italian, and Spanish, aim to present a reception history and cultural history of the Bible, focusing on gender-relevant biblical themes, women in the text, and the women who throughout history have read, appropriated, and interpreted the Bible in text and image. At the center of the project stand a number of related interests:
- female literary figures within the Bible and the reception of such figures within the history of exegesis by male and female interpreters
- gender-specific social and cultural contexts in the areas and periods in which the biblical books emerged
- women who interpreted the Bible in particular eras and faith traditions
- women to whom biblical texts or their interpretation are attributed
- gender-relevant texts (e.g., legal codes) and themes (e.g., purity/impurity)
- the treatment of female biblical characters and gender-relevant issues in art
For more information, see The Bible and Women website.
Fischer, Irmtraud, and Mercedes Navarro Puerto, with Andrea Taschl-Erber, eds. Torah. BW 1.1. Society of Biblical Literature, 2011.
Claassens, L. Juliana, and Irmtraud Fischer, eds. Prophecy and Gender in the Hebrew Bible. BW 1.2. SBL Press, 2021.
Maier, Christl M., and Nuria Calduch-Benages, eds. The Writings and Later Wisdom Books. BW 1.3. SBL Press, 2014.
Schüssler Fiorenza, Elisabeth. Feminist Biblical Studies in the Twentieth Century: Scholarship and Movement. BW 2. SBL Press, 2014.
Schuller, Eileen M., and Marie-Theres Wacker, eds. Early Jewish Writings. BW 3.1. SBL Press, 2017.
Lehtipuu, Outi, and Silke Petersen, eds. Ancient Christian Apocrypha: Marginalized Texts in Early Christianity. BW 3.2. SBL Press, 2022.
Ilan, Tal, Lorena Miralles-Marciá, and Ronit Nikolksky, eds. Rabbinic Literature. BW 4.1. SBL Press, 2022.
Bakhos, Carol, and Gerhard Langer, eds. The Jewish Middle Ages. BW 4.2. SBL Press, 2023.
Consolino, Franca Ela, and Judith Herrin, eds. The Early Middle Ages. BW 6.1. SBL Press, 2019.
Sohn-Kronthaler, Michaela, and Ruth Albrecht. Faith and Feminism in Nineteenth-Century Religious Communities. BW 8.2. SBL Press, 2018.
Berlis, Angela, and Christiana de Groot, eds. Nineteenth-Century Women’s Movements and the Bible. BW 8.2. SBL Press, 2024.