Awards
Winner of the 2003 Koret Jewish Book Award for Biography, Autobiography and Literary Studies
Synopses & Reviews
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.
Synopsis
This dramatically different way of hearing the voices of the women of the Bible and of interpreting their stories is written by the highly regarded author of "In the Wake of the Goddesses."