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At once pervasive and marginal, appealing and repellent, exemplary and atypical, the women of the Bible provoke an assortment of readings across early modern literature. Biblical women in early modern literary culture, 1550-1700 draws attention to the complex ways in which biblical women's narratives could be reimagined for a variety of rhetorical and religious purposes. Considering a confessionally diverse range of writers, working across a variety of genres, this volume reveals how women from the Old and New Testaments exhibit an ideological power that frequently exceeds, both in scope and s

Women in the Bible. --- Bible --- Criticism, interpretation, etc. --- History --- 1500 - 1699 --- Literature and literary studies --- Literary studies: general / Literary studies: c. 1500 to c. 1800. --- LITERARY CRITICISM --- Biography, Literature & Literary studies --- General. --- Literary studies: general. --- Eve. --- Genesis. --- New Testament. --- Old Testament. --- Revelation. --- Whore of Babylon. --- biblical women. --- early modern Bibles. --- early modern exegesis. --- early modern literary culture. --- feminine archetypes. --- religious divisions.