Between Woman, Man and God (Journal for the Study of the Old Testament Supplement) [Hardcover]

Hagith Sivan (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: August 2004 | ISBN-10: 0567080455 | ISBN-13: 978-0567080455

Hagith Sivan challenges the traditional reading of the Ten Commandments as a word of God to men. It explores the Commandments in both a legal and narrative contexts, bringing to bear methods of mainstream and feminist biblical scholarship. Between Woman, Man and God argues that there can be neither full understanding nor a meaningful reading of this central document without a thorough examination of its relevance to women on the one hand, and of the relevance of illustrative stories featuring women on the other hand. This is volume 4 in the Bible in the 21st Century series and volume 401 in the Journal for the Study of the Old Testament Supplement series.

Editorial Reviews

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"..the goal of the series is to problematize "authoritative and cultural meanings of bibles," and Sivan clearly achieves this objective with her treatment of the Ten Commandments...I can only hint at the range and complexity of Sivan's readings. A reader may dispute her particular analyses but still appreciate and share her goal of placing the interpretation of the Ten Commandments in a framework larger than two chapters in Exodus and Deuteronomy." --The Catholic Biblical Quarterly (Catholic Biblical Quarterly )

"This volume is the fourth in a new 'The Bible in the 21^st Century' series, meant to bring contemporary cultural insights to traditional biblical understandings. This volume examines the Decalogue in order to discover the role played by such an authoritative text in constructing gender identity in the biblical world, and how it might continue to do so in the world today... This is a very technical nook, but the fruits of reading it amply reward the effort."- The Bible Today, January/February 2006

(Bible Today, The )

'a new reading of the famous passage' ~ in International Review of Biblical Studies, Vol 51: 2004/0

“..the goal of the series is to problematize “authoritative and cultural meanings of bibles,” and Sivan clearly achieves this objective with her treatment of the Ten Commandments…I can only hint at the range and complexity of Sivan’s readings. A reader may dispute her particular analyses but still appreciate and share her goal of placing the interpretation of the Ten Commandments in a framework larger than two chapters in Exodus and Deuteronomy.” –The Catholic Biblical Quarterly (Catholic Biblical Quarterly )

"This volume is the fourth in a new 'The Bible in the 21^st Century’ series, meant to bring contemporary cultural insights to traditional biblical understandings. This volume examines the Decalogue in order to discover the role played by such an authoritative text in constructing gender identity in the biblical world, and how it might continue to do so in the world today… This is a very technical nook, but the fruits of reading it amply reward the effort."- The Bible Today, January/February 2006

(Bible Today, The ) --This text refers to the Paperback edition.

About the Author

Hagith Sivan is the author of Dinah's Daughters: Gender and Judaism from the Hebrew Bible to Late Antiquity (2002). She teaches at the University of Kansas. --This text refers to the Paperback edition.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 296 pages
• Publisher: T. & T. Clark Publishers (August 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0567080455
• ISBN-13: 978-0567080455
• Product Dimensions: 9.5 x 6.5 x 1.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #5,869,103 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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