Praise Her Works

by Adelman, Penina

• ISBN13: 9780827608238
• ISBN10: 0827608233
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2005-08-15
• Publisher: Jewish Pubn Society

Summary

This rich collection celebrates 23 biblical women, from the familiar Sarah, Miriam, Ruth, and Esther, to the more mysterious Hatzlelponi (mother of Samson) and the unnamed "Wife of Ovadiah." Based on the 13th-century Yemenite Midrash ha-Gadol (literally, the Great Midrash)--a work only partially translated into English and, until now, virtually unknown to American Jews--this new volume presents stories, commentaries, original monologues, and discussion topics touching upon the lives of Jewish women today. It is ideal for Jewish educators, teen and adult study groups, readers of midrash, and scholars in the fields of women's studies and contemporary spirituality. It also makes a lovely gift for brides, mothers, and grandmothers.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	ix
Eishet Chayil: Proverbs 31:10-31	xi
Introduction	xiii
Wife of Noah	1	(7)
Penina Adelman
Sarah	8	(9)
Penina Adelman
Rebekah	17	(8)
Penina Adelman
Leah	25	(8)
Penina Adelman
Rachel	33	(8)
Irit Koren
Batya	41	(7)
Susan Berrin
Yocheved	48	(8)
Penina Adelman
Miriam	56	(11)
Marsha Pravder Mirkin
Hannah	67	(8)
Penina Adelman
Yael	75	(6)
Andrea Cohen-Kiener
Widow from Tzarephath	81	(8)
Leah Shakdiel
Naomi	89	(9)
Ruth Sohn
Rachav	98	(7)
Stephanie Newman Samuels
Bath-Sheba	105	(9)
Savina J. Teubal
Michal	114	(9)
Judith Kates
Hatzlelponi	123	(11)
Nurit Eini-Pindyck
Elisheba	134	(6)
Penina Adelman
Serach	140	(9)
Rosie Rosenzweig
Wife of Obadiah	149	(7)
Andrea Cohen-Kiener
Shunammite Woman	156	(9)
Erica Brown
Ruth	165	(8)
Haviva Ner-David
Vashti	173	(8)
Naomi Graetz
Esther	181	(14)
Tamara Cohen
Epilogue: All the Rest of the Women	195	(3)
Contributors	198	(6)
Notes	204	(5)
Midrash ha-Gadol: Commentary on Hayyei Sarah, Genesis 23:1	209	(11)
Index of Scriptural Passages	220	(4)
Subject Index	224