Athalya Brenner is Professor of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament in the Department of Theology and Religious Studies, University of Amsterdam, and Rosalyn and Manny Rosenthal Distinguished Professor-in-Residence of Hebrew Bible at Brite Divinity School, Fort Worth, Texas.

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