Introduction
Abbreviations
Ruth
1. Ruling From Their Graves? Reading Naomi within the African Religio-Cultural Context - Madipoane Masenya (ngwan’a Mphahlele), University of South Africa, South Africa
2. The Boaz Solution: Reading Ruth in Light of Australian Asylum Seeker Discourse - Anthony Rees, Charles Sturt University, Australia
3. Finding Korean Goose Moms Home: Contextual Re-reading of Ruth - Hyun Woo Kim, Emory University, USA
4. Boaz as ‘Sugar Daddy’: Re-reading Ruth in the Context of HIV in Southern Africa - Gerald O. West and Beverley G. Haddad, University of KwaZulu Natal, South Africa
5. Racial Melancholia and the Book of Ruth - Gale A. Yee, Episcopal Divinity School, USA
6. Poor and Landless Women: An African Reading of Leviticus 25 and Ruth 4 with Latino/a Critical Tools - Ndikho Mtshiselwa, University of South Africa, South Africa
Song of Songs
7. A Womanist Reading of the Song of Songs in the Age of AIDS - Cheryl B. Anderson, Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary, USA
8. Where Love and Death Meet: Reading the Old Testament in a Context of Gender Violence - Mercedes L. García Bachmann, Instituto para la Pastoral Contextual, Iglesia Evangélica Luterana Unida, Argentina
Qoheleth
9. ‘What Gain Have the Workers from their Toil’: (Con)texting Ecclesiastes 3.9-13 in Pasifika - Jione Havea, Charles Sturt University, Australia
10. He?el and Kong: A Cross-Textual Reading Between Qoheleth and the Heart SutraHuang Wei, Shanghai University, China
11. Dealing with Death: Reading Qoheleth in Different Contexts - Klaas Spronk, Protestantse Theologische Universiteit, The Netherlands
Lamentations
12. Reading Daughter Zion and Lady Meng: Tears, Protest and Female Voices - Archie C. C. Lee, Shandong University, China
13. Lamentations as Musical Performance, its Origins and Life Occasions: Some Reflections - Athalya Brenner-Idan, Stellenbosch University, South Africa and Universiteit van Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Esther
14. Women’s Banquets and Gatherings in Text and Context: the Queens Banquets in Esther and Contemporary Women-Only Israeli/Jewish Ceremonies - Ora Brison, Tel Aviv University, Israel
15. Esther, Pious and Brave: Reading Children’s Bibles as Commentary on Twentieth Century Afrikaner Culture - Jaqueline S. du Toit, University of the Free State, South Africa
Index of Passages
Index of Authors