Dangerous Sisters of the Hebrew Bible (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781451469950)

Fathers, sons, and mothers take center stage in the Bibles grand narratives, Amy Kalmanofsky observes. Sisters and sisterhood receive less attention in scholarship but, she argues, play an important role in narratives, revealing anxieties related to desire, agency, and solidarity among women playing out (and playing against) their roles in a patrilineal society. Most often, she shows, sisters are destabilizing figures in narratives about family crisis, where property, patrimony, and the resilience of community boundaries are at risk. Kalmanofsky demonstrates that the particular role of sisters had important narrative effects, revealing previously underappreciated dynamics in Israelite society.

Author: Amy Kalmanofsky
ISBN-10: 1451469950
ISBN-13: 9781451469950
Publisher: Augsburg Fortress Publishing
Language: English
Published: 01/01/2014
Pages: 176
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.70lbs
Size: 8.90h x 6.00w x 0.60d

Review Citation(s):
Choice 09/01/2014 pg. 94
Christian Century 04/29/2015 pg. 32