The Five books of Miriam
a woman's commentary on the Torah
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Word Count
88,500 words, Guess
Page Count
354 pages
Identifiers
- Open LibraryOL971447M
- ISBN-100399141952
- OCLC Control Number34583835
- OCLC Control Numberfivebooksofmiria0000fran
- Library of Congress Control Number96008235
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- Goodreads2958753
- LibraryThing425419
Classifications
- DDC222/.107
- LCCBS1225.3 .F67 1996
Description
Ellen Frankel, folklorist, writer, scholar, has written the book that lets the Torah speak to women and that welcomes women into its sacred pages. In The Five Books of Miriam, she helps us discover the stories, conflicts, and dreams of the many women - named and nameless - who populate the biblical landscape. Building on the centuries-old tradition of Jewish commentary, Frankel expands the conversation about what the Torah means to women. The Five Books of Miriam includes folktales and folklore, homespun wisdom, Yiddish lore, songs, midrash, modern scholarship, and feminist criticism.
First Sentence
"TORAH SPEAKS: In the beginning, Shekhinah, the Holy-One-Who-Dwells-in-This-World, spins the world into being: light, water, earth, heavenly bodies, seed-bearing plants, sea creatures, birds, animals-and Adam, the only creature cast in the divine image, dou"
Excerpt
"TORAH SPEAKS: In the beginning, Shekhinah, the Holy-One-Who-Dwells-in-This-World, spins the world into being: light, water, earth, heavenly bodies, seed-bearing plants, sea creatures, birds, animals-and Adam, the only creature cast in the divine image, dou"
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