num_pages: 480
description: Winner of the National Jewish Book Award • Reading the Women of the Bible takes up two of the most significant intellectual and religious issues of our the experiences of women in a patriarchal society and the relevance of the Bible to modern life.“Frymer-Kensky addresses both modern hypotheses and traditional beliefs, and acknowledges which arguments can be supported and which questions remain unanswered. [A] very approachable text.” — Houston Chronicle
language: English
title: Reading the Women of the Bible: A New Interpretation of Their Stories
titlecomplete: Reading the Women of the Bible: A New Interpretation of Their Stories
genres: Judaism, Old Testament, Feminism, Faith, Religion, Spirituality, Jewish, Theology, Nonfiction, Christian
ratings_count: 160
awards: awardedAt: 1041408000000
name: Koret Jewish Book Award
category: Biography, Autobiography or Literary Study
publisher: Schocken