Reading the lines : a fresh look at the Hebrew Bible / [manuscript] :
Pamela Tamarkin Reis.
- Peabody, Mass. : Hendrickson Publishers, c2002.
- x, 227 p. ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Rashomon and the biblical creation narratives -- What Cain said : a note on Genesis 4:8 -- Take my wife, please : on the utility of the wife/sister motif -- Hagar requited -- Dead men tell no tales : on the motivation of Joseph's brothers -- Bridegroom of blood : a new reading -- Spoiled child : a fresh look at Jephthah's daughter -- Collusion at Nob : a new reading of 1 Samuel 21-22 -- Eating the blood : Saul and the Witch of Endor -- Cupidity and stupidity : woman's agency and the "rape" of Tamar -- Vindicating God : another look at 1 Kings 13.
9780801047510 (hardcover)
2002003504
Bible.--Old Testament--Criticism, interpretation, etc.