This collection of studies, reflecting developments in feminist exegesis over the last few years in Europe and the United States, includes treatments of key female figures ('Tamar and the "Coat of Many Colours"' by Adrien Janis Bledstein; 'Michal, the Barren Wife' by Lillian R. Klein; 'On Centering a Fringe Figure: The Wife of Jeroboam in 1 Kings 14:1-18' by Uta Schmidt; 'The Widow of Zarephath and the Great Woman of Shunem: A Comparative Analysis of Two Stories' by Jopie Siebert-Hommes), and a new examination of a biblical threesome, 'Saul, David and Jonathan: The Story of a Triangle? A Contribution to the Issue of Homosexuality in the First Testament' by Silvia Schroer and Thomas Staubli.

Abbreviations/ List of Contributors/ Athalya Brenner/ Introduction/ Part I/ Sexuality and Politics n the Book of Samuel/ Silvia Schroer and Thomas Staubli/ Saul, David and Jonathan - The Story of a Triangle? A Contribution to the Issue of Homosexuality in the First Testament/ Lillian R. Klein/ Michal, the Barren Wife/ Lillian R. Klein/ Bathsheba Revealed/ Adrien Janis Bledstein/ Tamar and the 'Coat of Many Colours'/ Part II/ Women and Men of God in the Books of Kings/ Uta Schmidt/ Center or Fringe? Positioning the Wife Of Jeroboam (1 Kings 14.1-18)/ Jopie Siebert-Hommes/ The Widow of Zarephath and the Great Woman of Shumen: A Comparative Analysis of Two Stories/ Mary E. Shields/ Subverting a Man of God. Elevating a Woman: Role and Power Reversals in 2 Kings 4/ Mary E. Shields/ Self-Response to 'Subverting a Man of God, Elevating a Woman: Role and Power Reverslas in 2 Kings 4'/ Laurel Lanter/ Cannibal Mothers and ME: A Mother's Reading of 2 Kings 6.24-7.20/ Bibliography/ Index of References/ Index of Authors