Tikva Frymer-Kensky

AcknowledgmentsIntroduction Part I. Victors The Hand That Rocks the Cradle: The Rivka StoriesSaviors of the ExodusThe Guardian at the Door: RahabWarriors by Weapon and Word: Deborah and YaelA Wise Woman of PowerThe ShunammiteVillains: Potiphar’s Wife, Delilah, and Athaliah Part II. Victims The Disposable WifeDaddy’s DaughtersFather-right Awry: Jephthah and His DaughterThe Bad Old Days: Concubine and ChaosKings to the Rescue?“Off with His Head”: David, Uriah, and BathshebaTrauma and Tragedy: The Betrayals of TamarPower and Person: A Problem of Political LifePart III. Virgins The Dinah AffairTo the Barricades: Views Against the OtherQueen Jezebel, or Deuteronomy’s Worst NightmareCozbiHagar, My Other, My SelfRoyal Origins: Ruth on the Royal WayRoyal Origins: The MoabiteRoyal Origins: TamarThe Royal WayOutsider Women: Exile and EzraPart IV. Voice Oracles of the Conquest of Canaan: Rahab and DeborahOracles of Saul: Hannah and the Witch of EndorThe Necromancer at EndorAbigailHuldahWoman as VoicePart V. Reading the Women of the Bible Women of Metaphor, Metaphors of WomenThe Later Adventures of Biblical WomenMirrors and Voices: Reading These Stories TodayNotesIndex

Reading the Women of the Bible takes up two of the most significant intellectual and religious issues of our day: the experiences of women in a patriarchal society and the relevance of the Bible to modern life.