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  • Tony Wilmot Memorial Library

Reading the lines :

Reis, 1935-

Reading the lines : : a fresh look at the Hebrew Bible / Pamela Tamarkin Reis - Peabody, Mass. : Hendrickson Publishers, c2002. - x, 227 p. 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Contents: Rashomon and the biblical creation narratives -- What Cain said : a note on Genesis 4:8 -- Take my wife, please : on the utility of the wife/sister motif -- Hagar requited -- Dead men tell no tales : on the mo tivation of Joseph's brothers -- Bridegroom of blood : a new reading -- S poiled child : a fresh look at Jephthah's daughter -- Collusion at Nob : a new reading of 1 Samuel 21-22 -- Eating the blood : Saul and the Witch of Endor -- Cupidity and stupidity : woman's agency and the "rape" of Tam ar -- Vindicating God : another look at 1 Kings 13.

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BS1188

BS 1188.R45 2002