I Am--: Biblical Women Tell Their Own StoriesFortress Press, 2005 - 228 pages Athalya Brenner presents fictionalized "autobiographies" of a dozen women and women groups in the Hebrew Bible, and also lets them share a conversation session. This allows her to include how these women have been interpreted - not only in the Bible itself, but also in Jewish and Christian traditions and by modern commentators. The result is a thoroughly engaging and insightful look at women, from a leading biblical interpreter who has a very creative edge to all her work. |
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Page 186
... male reader , since the voice articulating the parody seems to be a male voice commenting on a female figure ; most of the commentators explaining the passage have been males ; the pertinent literary analogues from Western literature ...
... male reader , since the voice articulating the parody seems to be a male voice commenting on a female figure ; most of the commentators explaining the passage have been males ; the pertinent literary analogues from Western literature ...
Page 187
... male voice through the knowing filter of a woman's perception and dramatization , like a play within a play , a parody within a parody . The message would be clear . Females are not ignorant of the problematics of male sexuality . They ...
... male voice through the knowing filter of a woman's perception and dramatization , like a play within a play , a parody within a parody . The message would be clear . Females are not ignorant of the problematics of male sexuality . They ...
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... male - related category . We're the bereaved mothers of sons . And by the same indexical token of loss , and once again not escaping the male - related category , you and I , Naomi , are obviously to be classified as widows too . Rahab ...
... male - related category . We're the bereaved mothers of sons . And by the same indexical token of loss , and once again not escaping the male - related category , you and I , Naomi , are obviously to be classified as widows too . Rahab ...
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ONE War Culture WivesMothers from A to | 9 |
Dinah | 25 |
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