I am-- : biblical women tell their own stories /

Brenner, Athalya.

I am-- : biblical women tell their own stories / Athalya Brenner. - Minneapolis : Fortress Press, 2005. - xviii, 228 p. ; 22 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 218-228) and index.

War, culture, wives-mothers from A to Z: we are Adah and Zillah -- I am the twelfth sheep: Dinah -- Lust is my middle name, I have no other: Potiphar's wife -- I am the bird woman: Zipporah -- I am Rahab, the broad -- The three of us: Ruth, Naomi, Orpah -- I am the glow: Ritzpah daughter of Ayah -- A double date: we are Tamar and Tamar -- My sons the generals: I am Zeruiah sister of David -- I am the rat: Huldah the prophet -- Love me tender, love me true: I am an anonymous woman from the Song of Songs -- I am the convener -- Goodbye.

0800636651 (pbk. : alk. paper)

2004014294


Bible.--O.T.--History of Biblical events--Fiction.


Women in the Bible--Fiction.
Autobiographical fiction.

PR9510.9.B74 / I52 2005

221.9 Bre 2005