1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910449902303321

Autore

Hammer Jill

Titolo

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

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

Electronic books.

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.

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."

2.

Record Nr.

UNIORUON00097974

Autore

JACOBSOHN, Hermann

Titolo

Arier und Ugrofinnen / Hermann Jacobsohn ; herausgegeben von Wolfgang Veenker

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Gottingen, : Vanderhoeck & Ruprecht, c1980

ISBN

35-252-6406-2

Edizione

[Nachdruck der Ausgabe von 1922]

Descrizione fisica

viii, 300 p., 1 c. di tav. ; 24 cm

Disciplina

417.7

410.1

494.5

Soggetti

FAMIGLIE LINGUISTICHE - Rapporti tra

LINGUISTICA COMPARATA - Lingue indeuropee-ugrofinniche

Lingua di pubblicazione

Tedesco

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia