Reading the Women of the Bible
Author: Frymer-Kensky, Tikva
ISBN: 9780805211825
Publisher: RANDOM HOUSE US
Year first published: 15 Jul 2004
Pages: 480
Format: Paperback / softback
Now in paperback, this award-winning study of women in the Old Testament is "a valuable contribution to the growing bibliography of feminist biblical interpretation. (Dr. Phyllis Trible, Wake Forest University Divinity School)"
Winner of the National Jewish Book Award . Reading the Women of the Bible 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.
"Frymer-Kensky addresses both modern hypotheses and traditional beliefs, and acknowledges which arguments can be supported and which questions remain unanswered. A very approachable text."-Houston Chronicle
ISBN: 9780805211825
Publisher: RANDOM HOUSE US
Year first published: 15 Jul 2004
Pages: 480
Format: Paperback / softback
Now in paperback, this award-winning study of women in the Old Testament is "a valuable contribution to the growing bibliography of feminist biblical interpretation. (Dr. Phyllis Trible, Wake Forest University Divinity School)"
Winner of the National Jewish Book Award . Reading the Women of the Bible 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.
"Frymer-Kensky addresses both modern hypotheses and traditional beliefs, and acknowledges which arguments can be supported and which questions remain unanswered. A very approachable text."-Houston Chronicle
