Alicia Suskin Ostriker

The Nakedness of the Fathers

Biblical Visions and Revisions

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

'Transgressive, devout, poetic, bawdy, Ostriker's book executes a Jewish feminists contradance with tradition and makes of it an ecstatic celebration.' -Marilyn Hacker, Poet and former editor of Kenyon Review

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Rutgers University Press
• Seitenzahl: 282
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. März 1997
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 227mm x 151mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 440g
• ISBN-13: 9780813524474
• ISBN-10: 0813524474
• Artikelnr.: 21042924

Autorenporträt

Ostriker, Alicia Suskin

Inhaltsangabe

1. Entering the tents
In the beginning the being
Entering the tents
2. As in myth: The Garden
The Garden
Creation
The brothers
Survival
The father's nakedness
The rainbow
3. Myth into legend: The fathers I
The bosom of Abraham
Sarah, or defiance
The opinion of Hagar
The cave
Isaac, or laughter
The opinion of the ram
Rebecca's way
Jacob, or the man of touch
The sisters
Rachel solo
The interpretation of dreams. 4. Legend into history: The fathers II
The nursing father
The songs of Miriam
The opinion of Aaron
History: A Midrash on Sinai
The Sabbath: Mystery against history
The story of Joshua
Judges, or disasters of war
The redeeming of Ruth
Hannah, or sons and lovers
David the king
The wisdom of Solomon
5. Though she delay: The return of the mothers
Esther, or the world turned upside down
Job, or a meditation on justice
Tree of life
Intensive care
A prayer to the Shekhinah