The latest work from the prolific pen of Lawrence constitutes scholarship of the highest caliber. Her study is well conceived, carefully argued, and provocative in the best sense of the term ... It will be of particular attraction to those with interdisciplinary research interests, including those whose work focuses on disability, gender, postcolonialism, and reception history.

Religious Studies Review

The fresh insights advanced by this book, as well as its challenging impetus, make it a welcome contribution to the ongoing ideological and meta-critical analysis of biblical studies … The book breaks new ground by initiating several important and timely conversations. It demands a wide readership and engagement.

Review of Biblical Literature

Lawrence does, however, succeed in urging care when it comes to assessing the moti-vations of long-dead subjects, biblical or otherwise.

The Catholic Biblical Quarterly