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10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:
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Challenging reading - but worth it!
Reading this work by Ackerman opened a whole new world to me: the rich variety of women in the Book of Judges. I must admit that I had never really noticed before that almost all of the women in Genesis and in Exodus acted mainly to preserve the life of a male or the continuation of a male lineage. (For example, all those wonderful women in the early chapters of Exodus -...
Published on December 17, 2000 by Mike Jones
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Interesting conjecture at places, but a bit too dry and repeative.
Susan Ackerman's study of the book of Judges in a feminist light does offer some interesting angles on the familiar(Samson) and the not-so familiar(the shrewd wife that managed the land well). But most of this book was just dry, dense academia that did not capture me. The literary equivilent of fiber; good to read, hard to digest.
Published on December 31, 2006 by Peter LaPrade
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10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:
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Challenging reading - but worth it!,
By Mike Jones (jacksonville, illinois) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Warrior, Dancer, Seductress, Queen: Women in Judges and biblical Israel (Anchor Bible Reference Library) (Hardcover)
Reading this work by Ackerman opened a whole new world to me: the rich variety of women in the Book of Judges. I must admit that I had never really noticed before that almost all of the women in Genesis and in Exodus acted mainly to preserve the life of a male or the continuation of a male lineage. (For example, all those wonderful women in the early chapters of Exodus - Shiphrah, Puah, Miriam, Jochebed, the daughter of the king - were trying to save the life of Moses). But in Judges we encounter a feast of women of all sorts of different types. I must also confess that at times I found Ackerman's interpretations very challenging - both intellectually and spiritually, but the benefits gained by reading this book were worth the challenges.
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3.0 out of 5 stars
Interesting conjecture at places, but a bit too dry and repeative.,
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This review is from: Warrior, Dancer, Seductress, Queen: Women in Judges and biblical Israel (Anchor Bible Reference Library) (Hardcover)
Susan Ackerman's study of the book of Judges in a feminist light does offer some interesting angles on the familiar(Samson) and the not-so familiar(the shrewd wife that managed the land well). But most of this book was just dry, dense academia that did not capture me. The literary equivilent of fiber; good to read, hard to digest.
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Warrior, Dancer, Seductress, Queen: Women in Judges and biblical Israel (Anchor Bible Reference Library) by Susan Ackerman (Hardcover - November 10, 1998)
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