From Eve to Esther: Rabbinic Reconstructions of Biblical Women - Brossura

Bronner, Leila Leah

Brossura

ISBN 10: 0664255426 ISBN 13: 9780664255428

Casa editrice: Westminster John Knox Pr, 1994

Riassunto

This is the first book-length attempt to focus on female biblical figures in the ancient rabbinic writings of midrash and Talmud. Primary rabbinic sources employed by the author bring new life and insight into the stories of Eve, Deborah, Hannah, Serah bat Asher, and others. As women and men today attempt to reevaluate past historical models, it serves us well to understand the values and inner workings of rabbinic thinking. The examination of what the sources actually say, and not what others would like them to have said, enable reinterpretation of women's role to proceed on an honest and authentic basis. Biblical women, reclaimed with contemporary midrash, can become paradigms for our modern lives.

Su questo libro

L'autore:

Leila Leah Bronner teaches at the Institute of Jewish Studies in Los Angeles.

Su questa edizione

• Editore: Westminster John Knox Pr
• Data di pubblicazione: 1994
• ISBN 10: 0664255426
• ISBN 13: 9780664255428
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 214