ISBN:
1593330588
Language:
English
Pages:
XV, 191 S.
Edition:
1. Gorgias Press ed.
Year of publication:
2005
DDC:
296.3/082
Keywords:
aBible
;
pO.T
;
xFeminist criticism
;
Bibel
;
Bibel
;
Feministische theologie
;
Femmes dans la Bible
;
Féminisme - Aspect religieux - Judaïsme
;
God
;
Midrasj
;
Oude Testament
;
Vrouwen
;
Bibel. Altes Testament
;
Frau
;
Gott
;
aFeminism
;
xReligious aspects
;
xJudaism
;
aWomen in the Bible
;
Feministische Theologie
;
Frau
;
Bibel Altes Testament
;
Feministische Theologie
;
Bibel
;
Frau
Description / Table of Contents:
A feminist Jewish interpretation of the Bible -- Dinah the daughter -- Did Miriam talk too much? -- Metaphors count -- Is kinyan only a metaphor? -- God is to Israel as husband is to wife: the metaphoric battering of Hosea's wife -- Will the real Hagar please stand up? -- A midrashic lens on biblical women -- Jerusalem the widow -- The barrenness of Miriam: a midrash on the Haftara of Ki tetzeh (Isaiah 54) -- Midrash on Ki tetzeh -- Feminist Jewish reconstruction of prayer -- Modern midrash unbound: who's not afraid of goddess worship? -- Akeda revisited -- Vashti unrobed -- A Passover triptych.
Note:
Includes bibliographical references
