From the Wisdom Commentary series .
This volume offers a womanist and feminist analysis of the books of Nahum, Habakkuk, and Zephaniah, attending to translation and textual issues, use of power and agency, and constructions of gender and its significance for the real and metaphorical women in the texts. The unit on Nahum takes an unflinching look at God’s role and rhetoric in the rape of Nineveh and considers implications for the women of Nineveh and Israel and for contemporary readers. Habakkuk is read employing a womanist stratagem, talking back to God. The section on Zephaniah explores the racialized history of interpreting “Cushi” in Zephaniah’s genealogy and the figures of Daughter Zion/Jerusalem. The commentary also assesses these texts as scriptures of synagogue and church, their use and utility. A Jewish feminist reading and womanist hermeneutic accompanies each biblical book.?
Table of Content
Contents
List of Abbreviations
List of Contributors
Foreword:
“Tell It on the Mountain”—or, “And You Shall Tell Your Daughter [as Well]” – Athalya Brenner-Idan
Editor’s Introduction to Wisdom Commentary:
“She Is a Breath of the Power of God” (Wis 7:25) – Barbara E. Reid, OP
Nahum
Author’s Introduction
Nahum’s Troubling God: When God Is Not Worthy
Nahum 1:1-11
Nahum’s God Is Not the God of My Ancestors
Nahum 1:12–2:13[14]
Good News to Judah, Devastating News to Nineveh
Nahum 3:1-19
The Rape of Nineveh: A Girl Child Ain’t Safe
Conclusion: Contextual Hermeneutics:
A Womanist Reading of Nahum: Nahum’s God Is Not My God
Habakkuk
Author’s Introduction
The Prophet Who Talks Back
Habakkuk 1:1–2:6
The Prophet Who Talks Back and the God Who Hears
Habakkuk 2:6-20
Proclamations of Woe: The Bad News Blues
Habakkuk 3:1-19
Habakkuk’s Hymn, “Holy One, I Have Heard . . .”
Conclusion: Contextual Hermeneutics:
How Long, Holy One?
Zephaniah
Author’s Introduction
A Cataclysm Is Coming: Where You Gonna Run?
Zephaniah 1:1-9
Zephaniah and the Day of YHWH: Sea, Won’t You Hide Me?
Zephaniah 1:10–2:15
The Day of YHWH Is at Hand: Where You Gonna Run All on That Day?
Zephaniah 3:1-20
Daughter Zion, Daughter Jerusalem: God’s Daughter, Safely Home
Contextual Hermeneutics:
A Rabbi and a Priest, Daughters of Zion
Conclusion:
Post-Apocalyptic Afterword
Nahum Works Cited
Habakkuk Works Cited
Zephaniah Works Cited
Index of Scripture References and Other Ancient Writings
Index of Subjects
About the author
Carol J. Dempsey, OP is professor of biblical studies at the University of Portland, Oregon, with special expertise in Old Testament and prophets. She holds a Ph D in biblical studies from The Catholic University of America, and has authored several books including Jeremiah: Preacher of Grace, Poet of Truth (Liturgical Press, 2007) and Reading the Bible, Transforming Conflict.
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