"You'll never see the women of the Bible in quite the same way after reading Tikva Frymer-Kensky's excellent new book. In her able hands, these women emerge from the ancient texts with new strength and vigor. Frymer-Kensky is a dazzling thinker who presents her ideas with unusual energy and clarity."
--Ari L. Goldman, author of "The Search for God at Harvard -- from back cover
"A major voice in feminist reading of the Hebrew Bible, Frymer-Kensky advances our understanding of the gender issues in the Bible by proposing a fresh and suggestive taxonomy of four discourses concerning women. Her persuasive power rests upon her immensecapacity to read texts carefully and discerningly. Reading the Women of the Bible lets us move back and forth between ancient text and contemporary gender issues in a generative way--a most welcome and important read!"
--Dr. Walter Brueggeman, Columbia Theological Seminary - from the back cover
