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Record Nr.

UNINA9910866364703321

Autore

Graetz Naomi

Titolo

S/He Created Them : Feminist Retellings of Biblical Tales / / Naomi Graetz

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Piscataway, NJ : , : Gorgias Press, , [2003]

©2003

ISBN

9781463209193

1463209193

Edizione

[Second revised edition.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xiii, 113 pages)

Disciplina

296.19

Soggetti

Feminism - Religious aspects - Judaism

Women in the Bible

Bible and feminism

Bible stories, English

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Credits -- Acknowledgements To The First Edition -- Acknowledgements To The Second Edition -- Why I Write Midrash -- Beginnings -- In Search Of Lost Paradise -- The End Of The Line -- Noah, The First Of The Just -- The Moment Of Indecision -- Sarah's Three Lives -- In The Shadow Of His Father -- Sisters -- A Daughter In Israel Is Raped -- The Old Man And His Grandsons -- The Discredited Prophetess -- The Daughters Of Yocheved -- When Will It Be My Time? -- 'Mother' In Israel -- About The Author

Sommario/riassunto

A contemporaneous and religiously meaningful retelling of biblical stories by a feminist who looks at intimate lives of people inhabiting the Bible. She rediscovers a past in which biblical women actively participated and suggests women’s leadership might lead to a better world.