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

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.

Contenu

• 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 a Husband is to Wife: The Metaphoric Battling 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
• Feminist Jewish Reconstruction of Prayer
• Modern Midrash Unbound: Who's Not Afraid of Goddess Worship?
• Akeda Revisited
• Vashti Unrobed
• A Passover Triptych