Onto Center Stage

The Biblical narrative is usually very terse and cryptic. Over the millennia, Jewish scholars often painted a patriarchal picture with women ‘in their place’. This book puts these women—some are role models—into the context of an ancient society, bringing them imaginatively from the sidelines onto center stage.

The Biblical narrative is usually very terse and cryptic. Over the millennia, Jewish scholars often painted a patriarchal picture with women ‘in their place’. This book puts these women—some are role models—into the context of an ancient society, bringing them imaginatively from the sidelines onto center stage.