
The Nakedness of the Fathers : Biblical Visions and Revisions
By Alicia Suskin OstrikerLike much twentieth-century feminist writing today, this book crosses the boundaries of genre. Biblical interpretation combines with fantasy, autobiography, and poetry. Politics joins with eroticism. Irreverence coexists with a yearning for the sacred. Scholarship contends with heresy. Most excitingly, the author continues and extends the tradition of arguing with God that commences in the Bible itself and continues now, as it has for centuries, to animate Jewish writing. The difference here is that the voice that debates with God is a woman's.
In her introduction, "Entering the Tents," Ostriker defines the need to struggle against a tradition in which women have been silenced and disempowered - and to recover the female power buried beneath the surface of the biblical texts. In "The Garden," she reinterprets the mythically complex stories of Creation. Then she considers the stories of "The Fathers," from Abraham and Isaac to Moses, David, and Solomon - and their wives, mothers, and sisters. In "The Return of the Mothers," she begins with a radical new interpretation of the book of Esther, includes a meditation on the silenced wife of Job and the idea of justice, and concludes with a fable on the death of God and a prayer to the Shekhinah, the feminine aspect of God.
Ostriker refuses to dismiss the Bible as meaningless to women. Instead, in this angry, eloquent, visionary book, she attempts to recover what is genuinely sacred in these sacred texts.
show more
Book details
- Hardcover
- 225 pages
- English
- 0813521254
- 9780813521251
About Alicia Suskin Ostriker
alicia suskin ostriker was Read More about Alicia Suskin Ostriker
More Books By Alicia Suskin Ostriker
People who bought this also bought
Freedom in Exile: The Autobiography of the Dalai Lama book by Dalai Lama XIV
Used Book
Realistic Love Study Guide: Your Handbook for Strengthening the Bond (For Couples Married 3 to 10 Years)
Used Book
The War of the World: Twentieth-Century Conflict and the Descent of the West book by Niall Ferguson
New Book
The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism book by Naomi Klein
New Book
The 21 Most Powerful Minutes In A Leaders Day book by John C. Maxwell
Used Book
Making Futures: Young Entrepreneurs in a Dynamic Africa book by Sangu Delle
New Book
A Campbell Cookbook: Most-for-the-Money Main Dishes
Used Book
The Guide to Retail Business Planning: The Complete Handbook for Creating a Winning Plan for Any Retail Business by Warren G. Purdy
Used Book
Think Like a Monk: How to Train Your Mind for Peace and Purpose Everyday book by Jay Shetty
New Book
The 22 Immutable Laws of Branding: How to Build a Product or Service Into a World-Class Brand book by Laura Ries , Al Ries
New Book
Adventures in Human Being: A Grand Tour from the Cranium to the Calcaneum book by Gavin Francis
Used Book
Better Than Before: What I Learned about Making and Breaking Habits--To Sleep More, Quit Sugar, Procrastinate Less, and Generally Build a Happier Life book by Gretchen Rubin
New Book