Pregnant passion : gender, sex, and violence in the Bible

PART 1: PASSION, POWER, AND RELATIONAL CONFLICTLove, Honor, and Violence: Socioconceptual Matrix in Genesis 34, Mignon R. JacobsSlingshots, Ships, and Personal Psychosis: Murder, Sexual Intrigue, and Power in the Lives of David and Othello, Cheryl A. Kirk-DugganWho Wants to Marry a Persian King? Gender Games and Wars and the Book of Esther, Nicole Duran For and With Whom Are We Reading? Who’s Pregnant and Who’s Passionate?, Randall C. Bailey PART 2: LEGAL AND REGULATORY MATTERSMurder S/He Wrote? A Cultural and Psychological Reading of 2 Samuel 11–12, Hyun Chul Paul Kim and M. Fulgence Nyengele Cry Witch! The Embers Still Burn, Madeline McClenney-Sadler Sex, Stones, and Power Games: A Woman Caught at the Intersection of Law and Religion (John 7:53–8:11), Barbara A. Holmes and Susan R. Holmes Winfield Terrorization, Sexualization, Maternalization: Women’s Bodies on Trial, Gina Hens-Piazza PART 3: TYPES, STEREOTYPES, AND ARCHETYPESSome Place to Cry: Jephthah’s Daughter and the Double Dilemma of Black Women in America, Valerie C. CooperDaughter Zion: Giving Birth to Redemption, Mary Donovan Turner The Power and Problem of Revelation 18: The Rhetorical Function of Gender, Susan E. Hylen Pregnant Passion: Gender, Sex, and Violence in the Bible— A Response to Part 3: Types, Stereotypes, and Archetypes, Barbara Green