LEADER 04286nam 2200589Ia 450 001 9910828407303321 005 20240410194507.0 010 $a0-8276-1020-3 035 $a(CKB)1000000000244034 035 $a(OCoLC)70756759 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebrary10096059 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000284204 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11223261 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000284204 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10268790 035 $a(PQKB)11727901 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3039304 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse12632 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3039304 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10096059 035 $a(OCoLC)676695899 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000244034 100 $a20010906d2001 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aSisters at Sinai$b[electronic resource] $enew tales of biblical women /$fJill Hammer 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aPhiladelphia $cJewish Publication Society$dc2001 215 $a1 online resource (306 p.) 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 $a0-8276-0806-3 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 287-289) and index. 327 $aIntro -- 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. 330 1 $a"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." 606 $aWomen in the Bible 606 $aBible stories, English$xO.T 606 $aWomen in rabbinical literature 615 0$aWomen in the Bible. 615 0$aBible stories, English$xO.T. 615 0$aWomen in rabbinical literature. 676 $a221.8/3054 700 $aHammer$b Jill$01655807 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910828407303321 996 $aSisters at Sinai$94033829 997 $aUNINA