Sacred Witness: Rape in the Hebrew Bible
"Every person of conscience must read this book. Scholz courageously confronts how biblical stories of rape are used wrongly as tools of terror and war and shows us how to read the most difficult texts of the Bible redemptively instead of oppressively. Her compelling, revelatory interpretations will save the lives of women and girls." --Rita Nakashima Brock, Founding Co-Director of Faith Voices for the Common Good Visiting Scholar at the Starr King School for the Ministry, Graduate Theological Union, Berkeley"Sacred Witness is the most comprehensive presentation of rape in the Hebrew Bible to date. This book is a difficult, even challenging read, but as the author argues, actually seeing rape is a sacred task. Do not avert your eyes. Bear witness. Break the silence. Demand that rape stop. This book should be required reading for all women and the men who care about them." --Susan Brooks Thistlethwaite, Chicago Theological Seminary