Daring, Disreputable, and Devout: Biblical Women in Scriptural Interpretation, the Arts, and Popular Culture
Stories of women in the Bible have been interpreted by artists, writers, musicians, filmmakers, and biblical commentators for centuries. However, in many cases, these later interpreters have often adapted and altered the Bible to fit their own view(s) of the stories. Ironically, these later renderings usually serve as the basis for the generally accepted view(s) of biblical women. For example, many readers of the Bible assume that Eve is to blame for the disobedient act in the Garden of Eden,...
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Dan Clanton demonstrates how later readers interact-with the biblical stories to construct sometimes fanciful, sometimes faulty views of these women. He broadens our awareness so that we can be more critical in our engagement and become more familiar with what the Bible actually says about the women whose stories it contains.
Acknowledgments viiIntroduction ix1 "A Hard-Headed Woman"?Eve in the Hebrew Bible and Later Interpretations 1Eve in Genesis 2-3 1Ambiguities and Questions 4Later Readings 5Conclusions 24Study Questions 252 "Two Fires Burning"Sarah and Hagar and the History of Interpretation 28Ambiguities and Questions 47Conclusions 63Study Questions 643 Trollops And TemptressesDelilahs in Judges, Camille Saint-Saëet;ns's Samson et Dalila, and Twentienth-Century Popular Music 65Delilah in the Book of Judges 66Camille Saint-Saëet;ns's Samson et Dalila 69Delilah in Twentienth-Century Pop Music 72Conclusions 77Study Questions 774 "Gee, Baby, Ain't I Good To You?"Unreturned and Empty Love in the Book of Ruth 79The Biblical Story of Ruth 80Ambiguities and Questions 97Conclusions 108Study Questions 1095 "If I Perish, I Perish"Esthers in Film 111The Biblical Story of Esther 112Cinematic Interpretations of Esther 120Conclusions 140Study Questions 1406 "Judy In Disguise"D. W. Griffith's Judith of Bethulia 142Summary and Analysis of the Book of Judith 142Thomas Bailey Aldrich's "Judiths" 146D. W. Griffith's Judith of Bethulia 148Conclusions 154Study Questions 1557 "Susie-Q, Baby, I Love You"Susanna and Art in the Renaissance 157Summary of Susanna 158Tintoretto 159Rembrandt 165Conclusions 170Study Questions 1738 Why We Should Care About The History Of Interpretation 175Bibliography 177Index 191
