Biblical women speak : hearing their voices through new and ancient midrash / Rabbi Marla J. Feldman.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Feldman, Marla J., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Women in rabbinical literature.

Women in the Bible.

Midrash--History and criticism.

Midrash.

Aggada--Commentaries.

Aggada.

Feminism--Religious aspects--Judaism.

Feminism.

Bible--Feminist criticism.

Bible.

Feminist criticism.

Genre:

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Physical Description:

xxviii, 208 pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Philadelphia : Jewish Publication Society ; Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, [2023]

Summary:

"Biblical Women Speak employs midrash (interpretive techniques) to discover ten biblical women's stories from a female point of view and provide insights beyond how ancient male scholars viewed them"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Keturah: Abraham's Last Wife

Leah and Rachel: Devoted Sisters and Bitter Rivals

Bat Shua: Judah's Unnamed Wife

Bilhah: The Loving Handmaid

Pharaoah's Daughters, Part 1: Potiphar's Unnamed Wife

Pharaoah's Daughters, Part 2: Puah, Shiphrah, and the Sacred Sisterhood

Pharaoah's Daughters, Part 3: The Princess and the Slave Girl Who Rescue Moses

Shelomith Bat Dibri: The Blasphemer's Mother

Miriam: Exiled by God, Dwelling beyond the Camp

Noah: Daughter of Zelophehad

Overview of Midrash.

Notes:

"Published by the University of Nebraska Press as a Jewish Publication Society book."

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9780827615144

0827615140

0827619081

9780827619081

082761909X

9780827619098

OCLC:

1346362211