Introduction
"A hard headed woman?" : Eve in the Hebrew Bible and later interpretations
"Two fires burning" : Sarah and Hagar and the history of interpretation
Trollops and temptresses : Delilahs in Judges, Camille Saint-Saëns' Samson et Dalila, and twentieth-century popular music
"Gee, baby, ain't I good to you?" : unreturned and empty love in the book of Ruth
"If I perish, I perish" : Esthers in film
"Judy in disguise" : D.W. Griffith's Judith of Bethulia
"Susie-Q, baby, I love you" : Susanna and art in the Renaissance
Why we should care about the history of interpretation.