Reading the Women of the Bible: A New Interpretation of Their Stories
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"In this study, Tikva Frymer-Kensky takes up two of the most significant intellectual and religious issues of our day: the experiences of women in a patriarchal society and the relevance of the Bible to modern life. She examines the stories of Sarah, Rebecca, and Rachel; of Dinah, Tamar, Deborah, Ruth, and Jezebel; of biblical women young and old, married and single, named and anonymous. She considers them individually and collectively, and she uncovers four patterns that emerge from within their lives: woman as victor, as victim, as bride/wife, and as voice of God." Reading the Women of the Bible is a product of serious scholarship that also enables us to consider what relevance these stories have for today's women, whose lives are in many ways different from the stories of our biblical ancestors. Frymer-Kensky succeeds in illuminating with equal intensity the world of the Bible and our contemporary culture. Ari L. Goldman You'll never see the women of the Bible in quite the same way after reading Tikva Frymer-Kensky's excellent new book. In her able hands, these women emerge from the ancient texts with new strength and vigor. Frymer-Kensky is a dazzling thinker who presents her ideas with unusual energy and clarity.
AcknowledgmentsIntroductionPt. IVictorsThe Hand That Rocks the Cradle: The Rivka Stories5Saviors of the Exodus24The Guardian at the Door: Rahab34Warriors by Weapon and Word: Deborah and Yael45A Wise Woman of Power58The Shunammite64Villains: Potiphar's Wife, Delilah, and Athaliah74Pt. IIVictimsThe Disposable Wife93Daddy's Daughters99Father-right Awry: Jephthah and His Daughter102The Bad Old Days: Concubine and Chaos118Kings to the Rescue?139"Off with His Head": David, Uriah, and Bathsheba143Trauma and Tragedy: The Betrayals of Tamar157Power and Person: A Problem of Political Life170Pt. IIIVirginsThe Dinah Affair179To the Barricades: Views Against the Other199Queen Jezebel, or Deuteronomy's Worst Nightmare209Cozbi215Hagar, My Other, My Self225Royal Origins: Ruth on the Royal Way238Royal Origins: The Moabite257Royal Origins: Tamar264The Royal Way278Outsider Women: Exile and Ezra283Pt. IVVoiceOrades of the Conquest of Canaan: Rahab and Deborah297Oracles of Saul: Hannah and the Witch of Endor301The Necromancer at Endor310Abigail315Huldah324Woman as Voice327Pt. VReading the Women of the BibleWomen of Metaphor, Metaphors of Women333The Later Adventures of Biblical Women339Mirrors and Voices: Reading These Stories Today350Notes355Index437
