Biblical Women Unbound: Counter-Tales

Contents......Page 8
A PERSONAL NOTE ix......Page 10
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS xv......Page 16
INTRODUCTION 2......Page 19
Midrash and the Bible 3......Page 20
What I Want Midrash to Do 6......Page 23
Narrative Method in Classical Midrash 12......Page 29
Narrative Method and the Uses of Story 16......Page 33
Mldrash and Fiction 17......Page 34
Midrash and Theology 21......Page 38
MOTHERS AND SISTERS 29......Page 46
EVE 31......Page 48
All about Eve: The Eternal Female through the Ages 35......Page 52
SARAH 42......Page 59
The Unbinding of Sarah 46......Page 63
REBEKAH 61......Page 78
Rebekah and Isaac: A Marriage Made in Heaven 68......Page 85
RACHEL AND LEAH 78......Page 95
Rachel and Leah: A Thousand and One Nights of Love 81......Page 98
SISTERS AND DAUGHTERS 93......Page 110
MIRIAM 95......Page 112
The Seven Days of Miriam 99......Page 116
TAMAR 111......Page 128
Tamar: The Widow\'s Wager 116......Page 133
LOT\'S DAUGHTERS 125......Page 142
Daughter-Wives of Lot: All Glorious Is the King\'s Daughter Within (but that shouldn\'t stop you (rom thrusting her out-of-doors when necessary): A Children\'s Play 129......Page 146
DAUGHTERS, WIVES, WARRIORS 137......Page 154
DEBORAH 139......Page 156
Deborah: A Prophet of Air 141......Page 158
BITIAH 150......Page 167
Bitiah: Memoir of a Tyrant\'s Daughter (as interviewed in the Jewish Press)......Page 170
ESTHER 168......Page 185
After Esther 173......Page 190
CONTEMPORARY WOMEN LOOK AT BIBUCAL WOMEN 183......Page 200
RUTH AND NAOMI 185......Page 202
Dialogues on Devotion 189......Page 206