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Pregnant Passion: Gender, Sex, and Violence in the Bible

CHERYL A. KIRK-DUGGAN (ed.), Pregnant Passion: Gender, Sex, and Violence in the Bible (SBLSS 44: Atlanta: Society of Biblical Literature, 2003). Pp. viii + 250. Paper $36.95.

The "pregnant passion" to which the title of this volume alludes is twofold, notes Cheryl A. Kirk-Duggan, the editor ("Introduction-Pregnant Passion: Gender, Sex, and Violence in the Bible" [pp. 1-7]). The biblical texts selected by the contributors are pregnant-that is, laden with meaning, heavy with implications for women's lives, and generative of interpretations and counterinterpretations both ancient and modern. At times these texts, in their treatments of gendered violence, may even seem overly ripe, yielding ...

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