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Onto Center Stage : the Biblical Woman /

Reguer, Sara.

Onto Center Stage : the Biblical Woman / Sara Reguer. - 1 online resource (201 pages)

Introduction -- Sara -- Rebecca -- Rahel and Leah -- Powerless Women: Dina and Tamar -- Miriam and Tzippora: Sisters-in-Law -- Deborah the Judge -- Ruth -- Chana -- David's Wives: Michal, Avigayil, Bathsheba -- Esther -- Addendum: Reclaiming the Heroic Jewish Judith

The Biblical narrative is usually very terse and cryptic. Over the millennia, Jewish scholars often painted a patriarchal picture with women 'in their place'. This book puts these women--some are role models--into the context of an ancient society, bringing them imaginatively from the sidelines onto center stage.

1644698927 9781644698921

22573/ctv2sz3khj JSTOR


Women in the Bible.
Femmes dans la Bible.
SOCIAL SCIENCE--Women's Studies.
Women in the Bible

Bible Studies. Judaic Studies. Religious Studies. Sephardic Studies. Women's Studies. gender. midrash. religion. women.


Electronic books.

BS575 / .R45 2022

220.9/2082