Salty Wives, Spirited Mothers, and Savvy Widows
Salty Wives, Spirited Mothers, and Savvy Widows
Salty Wives, Spirited Mothers, and Savvy Widows
Capable Women of Purpose and Persistence in Luke's Gospel
F. Scott Spencer
Eerdmans, 2012
ISBN 9780802867629
Softcover, 358 pp.
6.1 X 1.0 X 8.9 inches | 0.85 pounds
Engaging feminist hermeneutics and philosophy in addition to more traditional methods of biblical study, Salty Wives, Spirited Mothers, and Savvy Widows demonstrates and celebrates the remarkable capability and ingenuity of several women in the Gospel of Luke. While recent studies have exposed women's limited opportunities for ministry in Luke, Scott Spencer pulls the pendulum back from a negative feminist-critical pole toward a more constructive center.
Granting that Luke sends somewhat mixed messages about women's work and status as Jesus' disciples, Spencer analyzes such women as Mary, Elizabeth, Joanna, Martha and Mary, and the infamous yet intriguing wife of Lot -- whom Jesus exhorts his followers to remember -- as well as the unrelentingly persistent women characters in Jesus' parables.