Sisters at Sinai [[electronic resource] ] : new tales of biblical women / / Jill Hammer

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910828407303321
• Autore: Hammer Jill
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Philadelphia, : Jewish Publication Society, c2001
• ISBN: 0-8276-1020-3
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (306 p.)
• Disciplina: 221.8/3054
• Soggetti: Women in the Bible; Bible stories, English - O.T; Women in rabbinical literature
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 287-289) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Notes to the Reader -- PROLOGUE -- HAVDALAH -- THE HOUSE OF THE MOTHERS -- NAAMAH AND THE HUMMINGBIRD -- THE ARRANGED MARRIAGE -- THE REVENGE OF LOT'S WIFE -- THE SWITCH -- THE HOUSE OF THE MATRIARCHS -- SECOND BLESSINGS -- MITOSIS -- PENITENCE -- SHIMON'S PRISON -- THE HOUSE OF THE MIDWIVES -- THE TENTH PLAGUE -- THE BONES OF JOSEPH -- THE LEAST OF THE HANDMAIDS -- THE HOUSE OF THE PROPHETS -- MIRIAM UNDER THE MOUNTAIN -- THE MIRRORS -- THE DAUGHTERS OF TZELAFCHAD -- THE HOUSE OF THE JUDGES -- AND THE WALLS CAME TUMBLING DOWN -- MIRIAM'S HEIR -- THE SONG OF DEVORAH AND YAEL -- THE HOUSE OF THE QUEENS -- THE KING'S HARP -- SOLOMON'S BOX -- THE SCRIBE -- VASHTI AND THE ANGEL GABRIEL* -- EPILOGUE -- THE WORDS IN THE SCROLL -- COMMENTARY -- SOURCES -- NOTES TO THE STORIES -- Bibliography -- Index of People and Places.
• Sommario/riassunto: "In these pages we are reintroduced to some of the most complex and intriguing people in the Bible. Drawing from the ancient tradition of midrash - creative interpretation that elaborates upon the sparse details of the biblical text Hammer brings to life the inner world and experiences of these women and men, weaving in both rabbinic legends and her own vivid imagination." "The stories are set in a world of myth and mystery in which the spiritual powers of the characters ; come alive. There is Lilith, who is not the night demon alluded to in Isaiah, but another aspect of Eve herself. There is Sarah, a moon priestess and as great a prophet as Abraham. The Leah here does not marry Jacob through her father's tricks; rather it is Jacob himself who arranges the union because he knows he will need her wisdom and compassion to become a great patriarch. And Miriam is not merely a figure of song and dance, but also one of revelation, a source of Torah." "We learn what happens when Lot's wife, Idit, who had been turned into a pillar of salt, dissolves in water and is freed to find her husband and daughters. We read about the fairy-tale story of Miriam's daughter Achsah and her future husband, Otniel, as well as Queen Vashti's rebellion against her husband, Ahasuerus." "And there are more tales...of Reishit, companion to Moses, Aaron, and Miriam at the Sea of Reeds; Rachav and her husband, Joshua, in Jericho; Yael and the great prophet and judge Deborah; Dinah, daughter of Leah and sister of Joseph and his brothers; the great musician Serach, who inherits David's famous harp; of Avishag, who warmed King David as he lay dying, and of Tamar and Judah."