TY - BOOK AU - Méroz,Christianne ED - Wienk, Dennis. TI - Three women of hope: Miriam, Hannah, Huldah SN - 9781630872502 AV - BS580.M54 M47 2014eb U1 - 222/.1209505 22 PY - 2014///] CY - Eugene, Oregon PB - Wipf & Stock KW - Miriam KW - Hannah KW - Huldah KW - RELIGION KW - Biblical Studies KW - Old Testament KW - bisacsh KW - Electronic books N1 - English translation of: Trois femmes d'espérance: Miryam, Anne, Houlda; Prologue: Women who are prophets too -- Miriam the Nomad -- Hannah the visionary -- Huldah the townswoman N2 - The land of Israel is intimately linked to the adventures of the prophets, men like Elijah, Amos, Hosea, Jeremiah, Ezekiel, and the list goes on and on. How about prophets who were women? Does anyone remember that two gates of the Jerusalem Temple bore the name of Huldah, one of these women? Probably not, which is not all that astonishing given that history was written by men . . . Some women have, however, found places in history: Sarah and Hagar, Rebekah, Rachel and Leah, to name a few. Other women also deserve to emerge from silence: women like Miriam, Hannah, and Huldah. It is nonetheless true that these women have to be identified with reference to a man: the first is Moses' sister, the second is Samuel's mother, the third a colleague of King Josiah, Israel's reformer. This little book paints their portraits, with much sensitivity and tenderness, but never restraining disgust when the role of the women is found to have been erased unjustly. The abundant use made here of Jewish traditions of Bible reading will help readers discover the riches of a tradition uniquely suited to broadening their experience. Nor will they be left unaffected or indifferent by the deep spirituality revealed here UR - https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=834335 ER -