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Overview
Biblical Seductions retells six biblical stories of seduction, desperation, abduction, violence, and of unique human kindness. Illuminated through centuries of bold and sensitive Midrashic insight, these ancient tales of Lot and his Daughters, Dinah and Shechem, Judah and Tamar, David and Batsheva, Amnon and Tamar, and Ruth and Boaz, reemerge for the modern reader as timeless stories of lust, love, and survival.
Editorials
Library Journal
Rapoport (Moses' Women, with Shera Aranoff Tuchman) is dedicated to understanding the lives and deeds of the women of Hebrew Scripture, and here she has taken up some difficult subjects—the raped Tamar and Dinah, the seductive daughters of Lot, Bathsheba, and Ruth. With the imagination of the novelist but the method of a teacher, Rapoport treats these women as real persons and wonders what motivated them and those around them, always finding a lesson for contemporary readers. VERDICT A long but moving book on stories sometimes deemed untouchable; suitable for reading groups and synagogues.Book Details
Published
February 28, 2011
Publisher
KTAV Publishing House, Inc.
Pages
540
Format
Paperback
ISBN
9781602801707