Woman at the Window
Biblical Tales of Oppression and Escape
Nehama Aschkenasy
Ancient History, Gender, Jewish Studies, Language and Literature, Women's Studies
Paperback
ISBN: 9780814326275
Pages: 184 Size: 6x9
eBOOK
ISBN: 9780814340882
Review
Aschkensay's book transcends ideological limitations and gives the reader an interesting and valuable insight into female biblical characters and the manner in which we perceive them.
— Shofar
In creative, analytical retellings of biblical tales about women, Aschkenasy demonstrates how recurring situations, dilemmas, and modes of conduct represent the politics of women’s realities in premodern civilization—how women’s lives in those times were characterized by social and legal limitations which some accepted and others challenged.
"Demonstrates brilliantly how, in this patriarchal culture, some women become powerful by virtue of action, some by cunning, and some by exploiting their verbal talents."
– David H. Hirsch, Brown University
Aschkensay's book transcends ideological limitations and gives the reader an interesting and valuable insight into female biblical characters and the manner in which we perceive them.
– Shofar