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CONTENTS Contents...................................................................................................vii Credits.......................................................................................................ix Preface ......................................................................................................xi Introduction ..............................................................................................1 A Feminist Jewish Interpretation Of The Bible ..............................3 Dinah The Daughter .............................................................................27 Did Miriam Talk Too Much? .............................................................41 Metaphors Count ...................................................................................53 Is Kinyan Only A Metaphor?..............................................................59 God Is To Israel As Husband Is To Wife: The Metaphoric Battering Of Hosea's Wife ...................................69 Will The Real Hagar Please Stand Up? ...........................................91 A Midrashic Lens On Biblical Women............................................99 Jerusalem The Widow.......................................................................115 The Barrenness Of Miriam: A Midrash On The Haftara Of Ki Tetzeh (Isaiah 54).................127 A Midrash on Ki Tetzeh ...................................................................149 Feminist Jewish Reconstruction Of Prayer ..................................153 Modern Midrash Unbound: Who's Not Afraid Of Goddess Worship?.....................................161 Akeda Revisited..................................................................................167 Vashti Unrobed...................................................................................171 A Passover Triptych ..........................................................................173 Works Consulted ................................................................................177 About The Author ..............................................................................193 viii ix
Library of Congress Subject Headings for this publication:
Bible. O.T. -- Feminist criticism.
Feminism -- Religious aspects -- Judaism.
Women in the Bible.