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Author Kalmanofsky, Amy, author.

Title The power of equivocation : complex readers and readings of the Hebrew bible / Amy Kalmanofsky
Published Minneapolis : Fortress Press, [2022]

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Description 1 online resource (170 pages)
Contents Equivocal readings of the Hebrew Bible: an introduction from an equivocal reader -- Potiphar's wife and Joseph -- Hannah -- Saul, Samuel, Hannah, and the woman from En-dor -- Esther and Mordecai -- Tamar and Judah -- Bathsheba, David, and Solomon -- Unequivocal conclusions from an equivocal reader
Summary The Power of Equivocation reveals the complexity inherent in biblical narratives, particularly those featuring female characters, and models a way of reading that enables critical-religious interpreters to straddle their dual identities and loyalties and read the Bible critically, generously, and honestly
Notes Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on August 02, 2022)
SUBJECT Bible. Old Testament -- Criticism, interpretation, etc. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85013769
Bible. Old Testament -- Reading
Bible. Old Testament -- Biography. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85013768
Bible. Old Testament fast
Subject Women in the Bible.
Feminism -- Religious aspects -- Judaism.
Women in the Bible
Feminism -- Religious aspects -- Judaism
Reading
Genre/Form Biographies
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781506478722
1506478727