Power and Marginality in the Abraham Narrative - Second Edition
Who will speak for Hagar or Isaac or Sarah or the daughters of Lot? With an interpretive trajectory that moves from the margin to the center, this book gives voice to the marginalized and voiceless in the Abraham Narratives. Further, this approach is based on the premise that there is a continuum of power in the various characters in these narratives and that the most powerful are those who are lodged at the center while those with the least power are on the margin or beyond. The intent of...
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Who Will Speak for Hagar or Isaac or Sarah or The Daughters of Lot?With an interpretive trajectory that moves from the margin to the center, this book gives voice to the marginalized and voiceless in the Abraham Narratives. Further, this approach is based on the premise that there is a continuum of power in the various characters in these narratives and that the most powerful are those who are lodged at the center while those with the least power are on the margin or beyond. The intent of this study is to direct and perhaps re-direct our attention to the text and with fresh eyes seek a sometimes radical realignment of roles and power. It is true that many of the characters focused on in this book are women. This is not, however, only a book about women, though clearly women are the principal characters on the margin.
Acknowledgments ixPreface xiAbbreviations xiii1 A Voice Crying in the Wilderness (Genesis 16; 21:9-21) 12 From Particularity to Universality (Genesis 18) 253 On Choosing Death (Genesis 19) 554 Risking the Future for the Present (Genesis 20) 815 Silence of the Lamb (Genesis 22) 1026 Answering Violence with Violence (Judges 19) 122Bibliography 147
