I Am--: Biblical Women Tell Their Own StoriesAthalya Brenner presents fictionalized "autobiographies" of a dozen women and women groups in the Hebrew Bible, and also lets them share a conversation session. This allows her to include how these women have been interpreted - not only in the Bible itself, but also in Jewish and Christian traditions and by modern commentators. The result is a thoroughly engaging and insightful look at women, from a leading biblical interpreter who has a very creative edge to all her work. |
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ユーザー レビュー - wbhdir - LibraryThingBrenner’s rhetorical strategy is subtle. She selects female characters from the Hebrew Bible who have, in a sense, never died because the Bible never reports their death. “As literary female figures ... レビュー全文を読む
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Prior to Touchdown | 1 |
one War Culture WivesMothers from A to | 9 |
Dinah | 25 |
Zipporah | 58 |
Rizpah Daughter of Ayah | 120 |
We Are Tamar and Tamar | 133 |
I Am Zeruiah | 147 |
Huldah the Prophet | 155 |
Am an Anonymous Woman from | 163 |
THIRTEEN Goodbye | 211 |
Selected Sources | 218 |
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