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Out of the garden: women writers on the Bible/ Edited by Christina Buchmann and Celina Spiegel
Buchmann, Christina | Spiegel, Celina

Out of the garden: women writers on the Bible/ Edited by Christina Buchmann and Celina Spiegel

women writers on the Bible

Rivers Oram Press/Pandora List (Apr 10, 1994)
0044409338
| Paperback
351 pages | USA | English
Dewey 221.6082 OUT

Subject

  • Bible As Literature
  • Bible. Old Testament - Criticism, Interpretation, Etc.
  • Bible. Old Testament - Feminist Criticism

Plot

As the one work that has held moral and religious sway over the Judeo-Christian tradition for thousands of years, the Bible's power is unsurpassed in world literature. For women, its meaning is particularly complex; traditionally used to keep women in their place, it has also been a book of enduring inspiration.