Sisters at Sinai : new tales of biblical women / Jill Hammer.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hammer, Jill.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Women in the Bible.

Bible stories, English--O.T.

Bible stories, English.

Women in rabbinical literature.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (306 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Philadelphia : Jewish Publication Society, c2001.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

"In these pages we are reintroduced to some of the most complex and intriguing people in the Bible. Drawing from the ancient tradition of midrash - creative interpretation that elaborates upon the sparse details of the biblical text Hammer brings to life the inner world and experiences of these women and men, weaving in both rabbinic legends and her own vivid imagination." "The stories are set in a world of myth and mystery in which the spiritual powers of the characters come alive. There is Lilith, who is not the night demon alluded to in Isaiah, but another aspect of Eve herself. There is Sarah, a moon priestess and as great a prophet as Abraham. The Leah here does not marry Jacob through her father's tricks; rather it is Jacob himself who arranges the union because he knows he will need her wisdom and compassion to become a great patriarch. And Miriam is not merely a figure of song and dance, but also one of revelation, a source of Torah." "We learn what happens when Lot's wife, Idit, who had been turned into a pillar of salt, dissolves in water and is freed to find her husband and daughters. We read about the fairy-tale story of Miriam's daughter Achsah and her future husband, Otniel, as well as Queen Vashti's rebellion against her husband, Ahasuerus." "And there are more tales...of Reishit, companion to Moses, Aaron, and Miriam at the Sea of Reeds; Rachav and her husband, Joshua, in Jericho; Yael and the great prophet and judge Deborah; Dinah, daughter of Leah and sister of Joseph and his brothers; the great musician Serach, who inherits David's famous harp; of Avishag, who warmed King David as he lay dying, and of Tamar and Judah."

Contents:

Intro

Contents

Acknowledgments

Introduction

Notes to the Reader

PROLOGUE

HAVDALAH

THE HOUSE OF THE MOTHERS

NAAMAH AND THE HUMMINGBIRD

THE ARRANGED MARRIAGE

THE REVENGE OF LOT'S WIFE

THE SWITCH

THE HOUSE OF THE MATRIARCHS

SECOND BLESSINGS

MITOSIS

PENITENCE

SHIMON'S PRISON

THE HOUSE OF THE MIDWIVES

THE TENTH PLAGUE

THE BONES OF JOSEPH

THE LEAST OF THE HANDMAIDS

THE HOUSE OF THE PROPHETS

MIRIAM UNDER THE MOUNTAIN

THE MIRRORS

THE DAUGHTERS OF TZELAFCHAD

THE HOUSE OF THE JUDGES

AND THE WALLS CAME TUMBLING DOWN

MIRIAM'S HEIR

THE SONG OF DEVORAH AND YAEL

THE HOUSE OF THE QUEENS

THE KING'S HARP

SOLOMON'S BOX

THE SCRIBE

VASHTI AND THE ANGEL GABRIEL*

EPILOGUE

THE WORDS IN THE SCROLL

COMMENTARY

SOURCES

NOTES TO THE STORIES

Bibliography

Index of People and Places.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references (p. 287-289) and index.

ISBN:

0-8276-1020-3

OCLC:

70756759