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Lady Midrash : Poems Reclaiming the Voices of Biblical Women by Elisabeth Mehl Greene; Kendra Weddle Irons is a book available to read on EtoBox.

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What if the women of the Bible told their own stories? Lady Midrash: Poems Reclaiming the Voices of Biblical Women brings to life alternative interpretations and forgotten female perspectives from the Hebrew Bible and New Testament. Following in the footsteps of Jewish midrash, a storytelling tradition that explores the gaps in scripture, these poems re-examine the experiences of Biblical women. Sidelined heroines are celebrated. Supposed villainesses get to speak for themselves. Lady Midrash reverses convention, probes familiar narratives, attends to small moments, highlights peripheral and silent characters, and names the nameless. The imagination of midrash provides the reader with a creative space to rethink assumptions and reconsider the accounts of women in the Jewish and Christian traditions. ""With creative imagination and careful scholarship, Elisabeth Mehl Greene reclaims the sacred value of biblical women. These compelling narrative poems give honor to the cursed, voice to the voiceless, names to the nameless, agency to the powerless, recognition to marginalized females and the Female Divine--thereby affirming all women in the image of Divine Wisdom. The enlightening for

Author

Elisabeth Mehl Greene; Kendra Weddle Irons

Publisher

Wipf & Stock Publishers; Resource Publications

Published

2016

Language

EN

ISBN

9781498284219