Onto Center Stage - The Biblical Woman

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.

List of contents

Introduction
1. Sara
2. Rebecca
3. Rahel and Leah
4. Powerless Women: Dina and Tamar
5. Miriam and Tzippora: Sisters-in-Law
6. Deborah the Judge
7. Ruth
8. Chana
9. David’s Wives: Michal, Avigayil, Bathsheba
10. Esther
11. Addendum: Reclaiming the Heroic Jewish Judith

About the author

Sara Reguer is Professor Emerita of History in the Department of Judaic Studies at Brooklyn College. She earned her Ph.D. from Columbia University in Middle East history. She has published on a variety of topics, both scholarly and popular, including articles on Winston Churchill during World War I, and women in Jewish History. She currently lives in New York City.

Summary

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.

Product details

• Authors: Sara Reguer
• Publisher: Ingram Publishers Services
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 28.06.2022
• EAN: 9781644698907
• ISBN: 978-1-64469-890-7
• No. of pages: 202
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 229 mm x 16 mm
• Weight: 29 g
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Religious writings, prayers, songbooks, religious meditations; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Religion: general, reference works; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Gender Studies, comparative religion, RELIGION / Biblical Studies / History & Culture, RELIGION / Biblical Biography / Old Testament, Jewish Studies, Judaism, RELIGION / Biblical Commentary / Old Testament / General, Religious aspects of sexuality, gender & relationships, Judaism: sacred texts and revered writings, Biblical Commentaries