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Womanist Midrash: A Reintroduction to the Women of the Torah and the Throne by Wilda C. Gafney
2 reviews
ka_cam's review
hopeful
informative
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
5.0
A wonderful accompaniment to reading the first few books of the Hebrew Bible. We picked it up when it was clear the text was too violent and graphic for us, and am so glad we did. Shared a lot of context, history, translation notes, and more on women in text, but also sets readers/listeners up to approach the text with creativity and imagination without minimizing it erasing the violence of the text.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Misogyny
Moderate: Genocide, Sexual violence, Violence, War, and Racism
lmwanak's review
challenging
informative
inspiring
slow-paced
5.0
This blew my mind in so many ways! I plan to use this as a womanist commentary for the first five books of the Bible. It took a long time for me to read it, partly because it is academic, but mostly because I had to sit with many of the women Gafney honors by calling out, named or not. Some of the stories were very hard to read, and Gafney does not try to spin their hardship into a noble, redemption thing. Instead, she stands with them and question why.
This book helped me pick up the Bible again and approach it with a womanist lens. I will definitely get Gafney's other works.
This book helped me pick up the Bible again and approach it with a womanist lens. I will definitely get Gafney's other works.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Antisemitism, Cultural appropriation, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Murder, Pregnancy, Rape, Religious bigotry, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Slavery, Violence, Grief, Misogyny, Trafficking, and War
Moderate: Colonisation, Incest, Domestic abuse, Infertility, Genocide, Hate crime, Infidelity, Kidnapping, and Homophobia
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