Unlocking the Garden: A Feminist Jewish Look at the Bible, Midrash, and God: A Feminist Jewish Look at the Bible, Midrash, and God

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A stirring collection of fifteen articles, many of which have been previously published by the author who is a feminist Jew. The author unabashedly confronts difficult biblical and midrashic texts, without taking an apologetic stance. היושבת בגנים חברים מקשיבים לקולך השמיעיני Contents Credits Preface Introduction A Feminist Jewish Interpretation Of The Bible Dinah The Daughter Did Miriam Talk Too Much? Metaphors Count Is Kinyan Only A Metaphor? God Is To Israel As Husband Is To Wife: The Metaphoric Battering Of Hosea’s Wife Will The Real Hagar Please Stand Up? A Midrashic Lens On Biblical Women Jerusalem The Widow The Barrenness Of Miriam: A Midrash On The Haftara Of Ki Tetzeh (Isaiah 54) A Midrash on Ki Tetzeh Feminist Jewish Reconstruction Of Prayer Modern Midrash Unbound: Who’s Not Afraid Of Goddess Worship? Akeda Revisited Vashti Unrobed A Passover Triptych Works Consulted About The Author