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Studies in Bible and Feminist Criticism
Contributor(s): Frymer-Kensky, Tikva (Author)
ISBN: 0827607989     ISBN-13: 9780827607989
Publisher: Jewish Publication Society
OUR PRICE:   $36.00  
Product Type: Hardcover
Published: March 2006
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Annotation: A new JPS Scholar of Distinction title Renowned feminist Bible scholar Tikva Frymer-Kensky shares the best writings of her long and distinguished career in this new JPS Scholars of Distinction volume. Each of the 30 essays here delves into a topic that gives us much food for thought: the Bible as interpreted through ancient Near-Eastern creation myths, flood myths and goddess myths; gender in the Bible; the feminist approach to Jewish law; comparative Jewish and Christian perspectives on the Hebrew Bible; biblical perspectives on ecology; creating a theology of healing; feminine God-talk. The volume concludes with the author's own original prayers in the form of poetic meditations on pregnancy and birthing. This book is unique, not only because it is the only volume in the JPS Scholars of Distinction series written by a woman, but also because Frymer-Kensky's personal and forthright voice resonates so clearly throughout each piece. Scholars and students of Bible, Jewish studies, and women's studies will surely find this to be a one-of-a kind collection.
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BISAC Categories:
- Religion | Judaism - General
- Religion | Sexuality & Gender Studies
- Religion | Biblical Criticism & Interpretation - General
Dewey: 220.608
LCCN: 2005043538
Series: JPS Scholar of Distinction
Physical Information: 1.5" H x 6.34" W x 9.02" (1.66 lbs) 462 pages
Themes:
- Religious Orientation - Jewish
 
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A JPS Scholar of Distinction title

The best writings of the long and distinguished career of renowned feminist Bible scholar Tikva Frymer-Kensky Each of the 30 essays here delves into a topic that gives us much food for thought: the Bible as interpreted through ancient Near-Eastern creation myths, flood myths, and goddess myths; gender in the Bible; the feminist approach to Jewish law; comparative Jewish and Christian perspectives on the Hebrew Bible; biblical perspectives on ecology; creating a theology of healing; feminine God-talk. The volume concludes with the author's own original prayers in the form of poetic meditations on pregnancy and birthing. This book is unique, not only because it is the only volume in the JPS Scholar of Distinction series written by a woman, but also because Frymer-Kensky's personal and forthright voice resonates so clearly throughout each piece. Scholars and students of Bible, Jewish studies, and women's studies will surely find this to be a one-of-a kind collection.

Tikva Frymer-Kensky was a professor of Hebrew Bible and the History of Judaism at the University of Chicago Divinity School. Her areas of specialization included Assyriology and Sumerology, biblical studies, Jewish studies, and women and religion. She was the author of Reading the Women of the Bible (which received a Koret Jewish Book Award in 2002 and a National Jewish Book Award in 2003), In the Wake of the Goddesses, and Motherprayer.