Athalya Brenner, List of Publications (updated to end 2005)

Ph.D. Dissertation | Books, Authored | Books, Edited | Articles | Edited Series |
Reviews of Books and Electronic Media | Other Publications

Ph.D. Dissertation

• Brenner, A., Colour Terms in the Old Testament, University of Manchester, Manchester, England. Supervisor: Prof. James Barr
  
  

Books, Authored

• Brenner, A., Colour Terms in the Old Testament (Ph.D. Dissertation; Sheffield: JSOT Press, 1982), 300 pp.
  
  
• Brenner, A., The Israelite Woman: Social Role and Literary Type in Biblical Narrative (Sheffield: JSOT Press, 1985), 150 pp.; trans. into Japanese by T. and T. Yamku (Tokyo: Shinchi Shobo, 1988), 244 pp.
  
  
• Brenner, A., The Book of Ruth: Literary, Stylistic and Linguistic Studies (in Hebrew; Tel Aviv: Afik and Sifriyat Po'alim, 1988), 168 pp.
  
  
• Brenner, A., The Song of Songs (Old Testament Guides Series; Sheffield: Sheffield Academic Press for the British Society for Old Testament Study, 1989), 106 pp.
  
  
• Brenner, A., and van Dijk-Hemmes, F., On Gendering Texts: Female and Male Voices in the Hebrew Bible (Leiden: Brill, 1993), 210 pp.
  
  
• Brenner, A. The Intercourse of Knowledge: On Gendering Love, Desire and 'Sexuality' in the Hebrew Bible (Leiden: Brill, 1997), 200 pp. 
  
  
• Brenner, A., I Am: Biblical Women Tell their own Stories (Minneapolis: Fortress Press: 2004), 248 + pp.

   

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Books, Edited

• Radday, Y. T., and Brenner, A. (eds.), On Humour and the Comic in the Hebrew Bible (Sheffield: Almond and JSOT Press, 1990), 325 pp.
  
  
• Brenner, A. (ed.), A Feminist Companion to the Song of Songs (Sheffield: Sheffield Academic Press, 1993), 300 pp.
  
  
• Brenner, A. (ed.), A Feminist Companion to Genesis (Sheffield: Sheffield Academic Press, 1993), 420 pp.
  
  
• Brenner, A. (ed.), A Feminist Companion to Ruth (Sheffield: Sheffield Academic Press, 1993), 210 pp.
  
  
• Brenner, A. (ed.), A Feminist Companion to Judges (Sheffield: Sheffield Academic Press, 1993)
  
  
• Brenner, A. (ed.), A Feminist Companion to Exodus -- Deuteronomy (Sheffield: Sheffield Academic Press, 1994), 270 pp.
  
  
• Brenner, A. (ed.), A Feminist Companion to Samuel and Kings (Sheffield: Sheffield Academic Press, 1994), 290 pp.
  
  
• Brenner, A. (ed.), A Feminist Companion to Esther, Judith and Susanna (Sheffield: Sheffield Academic Press, 1995), 350 pp.
  
  
• Brenner, A. (ed.), A Feminist Companion to the Latter Prophets (Sheffield: Sheffield Academic Press, 1995), 400 pp.
  
  
• Brenner, A. (ed.), A Feminist Companion to Wisdom Literature (Sheffield: Sheffield Academic Press, 1995), 400 pp.
  
  
• Brenner, A. (ed.), A Feminist Companion to the Hebrew Bible in the New Testament (Sheffield: Sheffield Academic Press, 1996)
  
  
• Brenner, A. and C.R. Fontaine (eds.), A Feminist Companion to Reading the Bible: Approaches, Methods and Strategies (Sheffield Academic Press, 1997))
  
  
• Brenner, A. (ed.), A Feminist Companion to Genesis (Second Series; Sheffield: Sheffield Academic Press, April 1998)
  
  
• Brenner, A. and C.R. Fontaine (eds.), A Feminist Companion to Wisdom Literature and the Psalms (Sheffield: Sheffield Academic Press, end 1998)
  
  
• Brenner, A. (ed.), A Feminist Companion to Ruth and Esther (Second Series; Sheffield: Sheffield Academic Press, 1999)
  
  
• Brenner, A. (ed.), A Feminist Companion to Judges (Second Series; Sheffield: Sheffield Academic Press, 1999)
  
  
• Brenner, A. (ed.), with Carole Fontaine (eds.), A Feminist Companion to the Song of Songs (Second Series; Sheffield: Sheffield Academic Press, 2000)
  
  
• Brenner, A. (ed.), A Feminist Companion to Samuel and Kings (Second Series; Sheffield: Sheffield Academic Press, 2000)
  
  
• Brenner, A. (ed.), A Feminist Companion to Exodus--Deuteronomy (Second Series; Sheffield: Sheffield Academic Press, forthcoming beginning 2001)
  
  
• Brenner, A. (ed.), A Feminist Companion to the prophetic Books and Daniel (Second Series; Sheffield: Sheffield Academic Press, forthcoming middle 2001)
  
  
• Brenner, A., with Jan Willem van Henten (eds.), Recycling Biblical Figures: Papers read at a NOSTER Colloquium in Amsterdam, 12-13 May 1997 (STAR; Leiden: Deo Publishing, 1999)
  
  
• Brenner, A., with Jan Willem van Henten (eds.), Family and Family Relations as Represented in Early Judaisms and Early Christianities: Texts and Fictions (STAR; Leiden: DEO Publishing, 2000)
  
  
• Brenner, A., Board Editor and Editor, with J.W. van Henten, Editor, Food and Drink in the Biblical Worlds (Semeia 86; Atlanta: SBL Press, 2001)
  
  
• Brenner, A., (editorial board editor), with R.A. Simlkins and S.L. Cook (guest editors), The Social World of the Hebrew Bible: Twenty-Five Years of Social Sciences in the Academy (Semeia 87; Atlanta: SBL Press,1999=2001)
  
  
• Brenner, A., with Jan Willem van Henten (eds.), Bible Translation on the Threshold of the Twenty-First Century: Authority, Reception, Culture and Religion (BTC, 1; Sheffield: SAP/ Continuum, 2002)
  
  
• Brenner, A. (ed.), Are We Amused? Humour about Women in the Biblical Worlds (BTC, 2; London/New York: T&T Clark/Continuum, 2003)
  
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Articles

Brenner, A., 'Genesis 30.41-42' (Hebrew), Beth Miqra 76 (1979), 77-80

Brenner, A., 'Linguistic Criteria for Dating the Book of Jonah' (Hebrew), Beth Miqra 79 (1979), 396-405

Brenner, A., 'Mar'eh, mar'ah' (Hebrew), Beth Miqra 83 (1980), 373-374

Brenner, A., 'On the Semantic Classification of 'Matteh' and 'Shebet' (Hebrew), Leshonenu 44 (1980), 100-109

Brenner, A., 'White Textile in the Old Testament', Hebrew Annual Review 4 (1980), 39-44

Brenner, A., 'Esther through the Looking Glass' (Hebrew), Beth Miqra 86 (1981), 267-278

Brenner, A., 'God's Answer to Job', Vetus Testamentum 31 (1981), 129-137

Brenner, A., 'My Beloved is Fair and Ruddy: On Song of Song 5.10-11' (Hebrew), Beth Miqra 89-90 (1982), 168-173

Brenner, A., 'Aromatics and Perfumes in the Song of Songs', Journal for the Study of the Old Testament 25 (1983), 75-81

Brenner, A., 'Jezebel' (Hebrew), Shenaton - Annual for Studies in the Bible and the Ancient Near East 5-6 (1983), 27-39

Brenner, A., 'Naomi and Ruth', Vetus Testamentum 33 (1983), 387-397

Brenner, A., 'Biblical Attitudes toward Foreign Women and Exogamic Marriages' (Hebrew), Beth Miqra 100 (1984), 179-185

Brenner, A., 'Female Social Behaviour: Two Descriptive Patterns within the "Birth of the Hero" Paradigm', Vetus Testamentum 36 (1986), 257-273; repr. in Brenner (ed.), A Feminist Companion to Genesis

Brenner, A., 'Self Denial as a Means for Self Assertion: On the Social Situation of Women in Ancient Israel' (Dutch), Mara 2 (1988), 19-30

Brenner, A., 'Job the Pious? The Characterization of Job in the Narrative Framework of the Book', Journal for the Study of the Old Testament 43 (1989), 35-52

Brenner, A., 'Colours in the Bible' (Hebrew), in Y. Hoffmann (ed.), Encyclopedia of the Bible (Tel Aviv: Massada, 1989), 4 pp.

Brenner, A., '"Come Back Come Back the Shulammite" (Song of Songs 7.1-10): A Parody of the wasf Genre', in Y.T. Radday and A. Brenner (eds.), On Humour and the Comic in the Hebrew Bible (Sheffield: JSOT and Almond, 1990), 275-293; repr. in Brenner (ed.), A Feminist Companion to the Song of Songs

Brenner, A., 'On the Semantic Field of Humour, Laughter and the Comic in the Hebrew Bible', in Radday and Brenner (eds., 1990), 39-58.

Brenner, A., 'Jonah Reviled, God Revealed: On Jonah's Prayer' (Dutch), Jota 6 (1990), 12-23

Brenner, A., 'A Triangle and a Rhombus in Narrative Structure: A Proposed Integrative Reading of Judges IV and V', Vetus Testamentum 40 (1990), 129-137

Brenner, A., 'Qoheleth 3.1-9: A Framed Erotic Poem?' (Hebrew), in B. Luria (ed.), H.M. Gevariahu Memorial Volume (Jerusalem: Israeli Society for Biblical Study, 1991), 9-23

Brenner, A., 'The Hebrew God and His Female Complements', in C. Larrington (ed.), A Feminist Companion to World Mythology (London: Pandora, 1992), 20 pp.

Brenner, A., 'On Bat Rabbim in the Song of Songs 7:5', Vetus Testamentum 42 (1992), 4 pp.

Brenner, A., 'Jonah's Poem out and within its Context', in P.R. Davies and D. J.A.Clines (eds.), Among the Prophets (Sheffield: Sheffield Academic Press, 1993), 183-192

Brenner, A., 'On Jeremiah and the Poetics of Prophetic(?) Pornography', European Judaism 26/2 (1993), 9-14

Brenner, A., 'On Female Figurations in Biblical Wisdom Literature', in D. Clines and H. McKay (eds.), Norman Whybray Festschrift (Sheffield: Sheffield Academic Press, 1993), 192-208; repr. in Dutch: 'Beelden van vrouwen in de wijsheidsliteratuur', in W. van Hilten (ed.), Een vreemde vrouw (Kok: Kampen, 1995), pp. 23-36

Brenner, A., 'On Colour Terms in Ancient Israel' (Hebrew), Colour from Nature (Exhibition catalogue; Tel Aviv: The Land of Israel Museum, February 1993), 96-102

Brenner, A., 'To See Is to Assume: Whose Love Is Celebrated in the Song of Songs?', Biblical Interpretation 1/3 (1993), 265-284

Brenner, A., 'The Ten Commandments - Am I an Addresse?', in Brenner, A. (ed.), A Feminist Companion to Exodus to Deuteronomy (Sheffield: Sheffield Academic Press, 1994), 255-258

Brenner, A., 'On Incest', in Brenner (ed.), A Feminist Companion to Exodus -- Deuteronomy, 113-138

Brenner, A., 'Esther through the Looking Glass', in Brenner (ed.), A Feminist Companion to Esther, Judith and Susanna (1995), 71-80

Brenner, A., 'On Feminist Bible Criticism' (Hebrew), Journal of Educational Topics 4: The Bible and Education (January 1995), 40-60

Brenner, A., 'Problematizing Women's Traditions: Some Relections', in H. Meyer-Wilmes et al. (eds.), Yearbook of the European Society for Women in Theological Research, vol. 3 (Kampen: Pharos; to be published in 1995), ca. 12 pp; reprinted in B. Becking et al. (eds.), On Reading the Prophets: Essays in Memory of Fokkelien van Dijk-Hemmes (Leiden: Brill, 1995)

Brenner, A., '"My" Song of Songs', in Brenner and Fontaine (eds.), A Feminist Companion to Reading the Bible (1997), 567-579 (revised and republished in Brenner and Fontaine [eds.],  A Feminist Companion to the Song of Songs [Second Series, 2000; 154-168).

Brenner, A., 'On the Reader's Location and Isaiah 50', in Brenner and Fontaine (eds.), A Feminist Companion to Reading the Bible (1997), 136-150

Brenner, A., 'Mat[t]er, Dichotomy: Some Images of Female and Male Bodies in the Hebrew Bible', in J. Bekkenkamp and Maaike de Haardt, Begin with the Body: Corporeality, Religion and Gender (Leuven: Peeters, 1997), 201-214

Brenner, A. and J.W. van Henten, 'Madame Potiphar through a Culture Trip, or, Which Side Are you On?', in J. Cheryl Exum and Stephen D. Moore (eds.), Biblical Studies/Cultural Studies: The Third Sheffield Colloquium (JSOT SUP 266; Gender, Culture, Theory 7; Sheffield: Sheffield Academic Press, 1998), 203-219.

Brenner, A., 'Das Hohelied: Polyphonie der Liebe', in: L. Schottroff en M.-T. Wacker (eds.), Kompendium Feministische Bibelauslegung (Gütersloh: Christian Kaiser/Gütersloher Verlagshaus, 1998), 233-245

Brenner, A., 'On color and the sacred in the Hebrew Bible, in A. Borg (ed.), The Language of olor in the Mediterranean (Stockholm Oriental Studies, 16; Stockholm: Almqvist & Wiksell International, 1999), pp. 200-207

Brenner, A., '’Wat, wenn ich Rut bin?’, Bibel und Kirche 54/3 (1999), 117-120, 122.

Brenner, A., 'Ruth as a Foreign Worker and the politics of Exogamy', in Brenner (ed.), A Feminist Companion to Ruth and Esther (1999), pp. 158-62.

Brenner, A., 'Esther Politicised in a personal Context: Some Remarks on Foreignness', European Judaism 32/1 (1999), 4-10

Van Henten, J.W. and A. Brenner, ‘Introduction’, in van Henten and Brenner (eds.), Families and Family Relations (2000), pp. 1-10.

Brenner, A., ‘Introduction’, in Brenner and Fontaine (eds.), A Feminist Companion to the Song of Songs (Second Series; 2000), pp. 17-21

Brenner, A., ‘Introduction’, in Brenner, A. (ed.), A Feminist Companion to Samuel and Kings (Second Series; 2000), pp. 13-20

Brenner, A., ‘Foreword’, in G. Aichele (ed.), Culture, Entertainment and the Bible (Sheffield: Sheffield Academic Press, 2000). pp. 7-12.

Brenner, A., 'The Food of Love: Gendered Food and Food Imagery in the Song of Songs', Semeia 86  (2001), pp. 101-112

Brenner, A. and J.W. van Henten, ‘Our Menu and What is Not On It: Editors’ Introduction’, in Brenner and van Henten (eds.), Semeia 86 (2001), pp. ix-xvi

Brenner, A., 'Who's Afraid of Feminist Criticism? Who's Afraid of Biblical Humour? The Case of the Obtuse Foreign Ruler in the Hebrew Bible', Brenner (ed.), A Feminist Companion to the prophetic Books and Daniel (Second Series, 2001, pp. 228-246 (repr. with a self-response)

Brenner, A. ‘Introduction’, in Brenner (ed.), A Feminist Companion to the prophetic Books and Daniel (Second Series, 2001), pp. 17-25

Brenner, A. ‘Introduction’, in Brenner (ed.), A Feminist Companion to Exodus—Deuteronomy, (Second Series; 2001), pp. 13-17.

Brenner A., and J.W. van Henten, ‘Food and Drink in the Bible: An Exciting New Theme’, In G.J. Venema (ed.), Unless Some One Guide Me: Festschrift for Karel A. Deurloo (ACEBT Supplement Series 2; Amsterdam, 2001), pp. 347-54.

Brenner, A., ‘The Song of Songs’, in J. Burton and J., Muddiman (eds.), The Oxford Bible Commentary’ (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2001), pp. 429-433.

Brenner, A., and J.W. van Henten, ‘Editors’ Introduction’, in Brenner and van Henten (eds.),  Bible Translation on the Threshold of the 21^st Century (2002), pp. 1-7

Brenner, A., ‘”Between Lying and Blasphemy”: Responding to Robert Carroll’, in Brenner and van Henten (eds.), Bible Translation on the Threshold of the Twenty-First Century (2002), pp. 65-69

Brenner, A., ‘Wide Gaps, Narrow Escapes: I am Known as Rahab, the Broad’, in P.R. Davies (ed.), First Person: Essays in Biblical Autobiography (Sheffield: SAP/Continuum, 2002), pp. 47-58

Brenner, A., ‘Age and Ageism in the Hebrew Bible, in an Autobiographical Perspective’, in A.G. Hunter and P.R. Davies (eds.), Sense and Sensitivity: Essays on Reading the Bible in Memory of Robert Carroll (Sheffield: SAP/Continuum, 2002), pp. 302-310.

Brenner, A., ‘Gendering in/by the Hebrew Bible: Ten Years Later’, in Old Testament Essays, JOTSSA 15/1 (2002), pp. 42-51

Brenner, A., ‘All My Daughters… Once again, what can we do with the text?’ in I. Fischer, K. Schmid and H.G. Williamson (eds.), Prophetie in Israel (Altes Testament und Moderne, 11; Muenster: Lit-Verlag, 2003), pp. 179-184.

Brenner, A., Mikal en David: liefde tussen vianden?’, Schrift 207 (2003), pp. 90-94

Brenner, A., ‘Some Reflections on Violence Against Women and the Image of the Hebrew God: The Prophetic Books Revisited’, in A. Bach, J. Schaberg and E. Fuchs (eds.), On the Cutting Edge: The Study of Women in the Biblical World: Essays in Honor of Elisabeth Schüssler Fiorenza (London/New York: T&T Clark/Continuum, Nov. 2003), 12 pp.

Brenner, A., ‘Gazing Back at the Shulammite, Yet Again’, Biblical Interpretation 11, (2003), pp. 295-300

Brenner, A., ‘”On the Rivers of Babylon” (Psalm 137, or between Victim and Perpetrator’, in J. Bekkenkamp and Yvonne Sherwood (eds.), Sanctified Aggression: Legacies of Biblical and Post-Biblical Vocabularies of Violence (London/New York: T&T Clark/Continuum, 2004; BTC, 3), pp. 76-91

Brenner, A., ‘Proverbs’, in D. Patte et al. (eds.), Global Bible Commentary (Nashville: Abingdon Press, 2004), pp. 163-174

Brenner, A., Absalom to David’, in P. Davies (ed.), Yours Faithfully: Virtual Letters from the Bible (London: Equinox, 2004), 5 pp.

Brenner, A., ‘Babies and Bathwater on the Road: A Response’, in C. Vander Stichele and T.C. Penner (eds.), Her Master's Tools?: Feminist And Postcolonial Engagements of Historical-Critical Discourse (Global Perspectives on Biblical Scholarship; SBL: 2005, 8 pp.)

Brenner, A.,’Regulating ‘sons’ and ‘daughters’ in the Torah and in Proverbs: Some Preliminary Insights’, published online 3/2005 in the Journal of Hebrew Scriptures

 

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Edited Series

• Brenner, A., general editor, A feminist Companion to the Bible, 10 volumes, 1993-1997, Sheffield Academic Press. Translated in its entirety into Portuguese (see under Edited Books)
  
• Brenner, A., general editor, Feminist Companion to the Bible, Second Series, 9 volumes, 1997-2001, Sheffield Academic Press/Continuum/T&T Clark. 3 volumes edited with Carole R. Fontaine (see under Edited Books); 4 volumes reissued as T&T Clark Academic Papersbacks.
  
• Brenner, A., general editor, The Bible in the 21st Century (BTC), 5, 2002-2004 by Sheffield Academic Press-Continuum/T&T Clark:
  • A. Brenner and J.W. van Henten (eds.), Bible Translations on the Threshold of the Twenty-First Century, 2002 (see under Edited Books)
  • A. Brenner (ed.), Are We Amused, 2003 (see under Edited Books)
  • C. Cosgrove (ed.), The Meanings We Choose, 2004
  • H. Sivan, Between God, Woman and Man, 2004
  • J. Bekkenkamp and Y. Sherwood (eds.), Sanctified Aggression, 2004
    
• Brenner, A., General editor, Amsterdam Studies in Bible and Religion (ASBR), Sheffield Phoenix Press, from end 2005

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Book and Electronic Media Reviews

in:

• Journal for the Study of the Old Testament (Sheffield, England)
• Hebrew Studies (Madison, Wisconsin, USA)
• Catholic Biblical Quarterly (USA)
• Biblical Interpretation (Leiden)
• Biblicon
• Masculinities: Journal of Interdisciplinary Studies on Gender (University of New York at Stony Brook)
• Review of Biblical Literature (online; search by reviewer's name)

Other Publications

• Short Entries on 'Athaliah', 'Tamar', 'Jezebel' in C. Meyers, T. Craven and Ross Kraemer (eds.), Women in Scripture (New York: Houghton-Mifflin, 1999) .
  
• Short entries on biblical woman figures in Z. Werblowski (ed.), The Oxford Dictionary of the Jewish Religion (Oxford: OUP, 1997) .
  
  

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