Texts of Terror: Literary-Feminist Readings of Biblical Narratives (Overtures to Biblical Theology)

Professor Trible focuses on four variations upon the theme of terror in the Bible. By combining the discipline of literary criticism with the hermeneutics of feminism, she reinterprets the tragic stories of four women in ancient Israel: Hagar, Tamar, an unnamed concubine, and the daughter of Jephthah. In highlighting the silence, absence, and oppostition of God, as well as human cruelty, Trible shows how these neglected stories-interpreted in memoriam-challenge both the misogyny of Scripture and its use in church, synagogue, and academy.

• God and Rhetoric of Sexuality (Overtures to Biblical Theology)
• Reading the Women of the Bible: A New Interpretation of Their Stories
• The David Story: A Translation with Commentary of 1 and 2 Samuel
• Introduction to the Historical Books: Strategies for Reading
• Womanist Midrash: A Reintroduction to the Women of the Torah and the Throne
• Women's Bible Commentary, Third Edition: Revised and Updated
• David: The Divided Heart (Jewish Lives)
• David: The Divided Heart (Jewish Lives)
• Battered Love (Overtures to Biblical Theology)
• Ancient Israel: The Former Prophets: Joshua, Judges, Samuel, and Kings: A Translation with Commentary